Album Reviews
Review: Fantasie – Alexander Melnikov
Alexander Melnikov’s explores music from the Baroque to the 20th century on 7 different instruments.
Period Instruments
Album Reviews
Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos 21 & 24 – Levin, AAM, Egarr
After a 20 years hiatus, Robert Levin continues his cycle of Mozart's complete piano concertos (2023).
Album Reviews
Double Review: Mozart Requiem – Savall, Chauvin
A double review of two period-instrument performances of Mozart's Requiem by Jordi Savall and Julien Chauvin.
Album Reviews
Review: Handel – Solomon – Leonardo García Alcarón
Leonardo García Alarcón leads soloists, the Chœur de Chambre de Namur, and Millenium Orchestra in a complete and uncut performance of Handel's oratorio.
Album Reviews
Review: Secret Garden – François-Frédéric Guy Plays Chopin
François-Frédéric Guy plays works by Chopin on a 1905 Pleyel piano.
Album Reviews
Review: Clavichord – András Schiff
András Schiff presents a period performance of Bach's 2-part inventions, 3-part Sinfonias, and Four Duetti on a replica of a 1743 Specken clavichord.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, April 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Haydn – Complete Symphonies, Vol. 13 – Il Giardino Armonico, Antonini
In this 2023 release and ongoing Haydn symphony cycle, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico present three “horn-heavy” symphonies: 31, 48, and 59.
Best of
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2023
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2023 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 4 – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth leads Les Siècles in a period instrument performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 4.