Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Tag: Piano
Classical music reviews, beginners guides and editor’s choice of album with piano.
Review: Mozart & Poulenc – Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Kodama, Nagano
Kent Nagano, his daughter Karin, wife Mari Kodama, and her sister Momo in double and triple piano concertos by Mozart and Poulenc.
Review: Rachmaninoff – The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody – Pletnev, Nagano
Mikhail Pletnev and his newly formed ensemble in Rachmaninoff’s complete works for piano and orchestra.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, May 2024
Four notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: The Vienna Recital – Yuja Wang, Piano
Yuja Wang in a live recording from Vienna’s Konzerthaus, with works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Albéniz, Kapustin, Ligeti, and Glass.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, Dean – Piano Concerto – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss embarks on a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle, accompanying each concerto with a contemporary piece.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Review: Chopin – Études – Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim performs Chopin’s Études opus 10 & 25.
Review: “Four Hands” – Alexandre Tharaud
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud is joined by 22 pianists and musicians in works for piano four hands.
Review: Mozart – The Sonata Project, Salzburg – Yundi, Piano
Yundi plays Mozart’s piano sonatas K. 310, 331 and 457, with the C Minor Fantasie, K. 475
