Album Reviews
Review: Fauré – Complete Piano Music – Lucas Debargue
Lucas Debargue performs Gabriel Fauré's entire piano music, on a Stephen Paulello "Opus 102" instrument.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Beethoven For Three – Symphony No. 4 and “Archduke” Trio – Ax, Kavakos, Ma
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in Shai Wosner's arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 for piano trio. The group also performs the "Archduke" trio.
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Review: “Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos” – Marek Kozák
Marek Kozák performs Piano Concertos by Czech composers Karel Kovařovic, Vítězslava Kaprálová, and Pavel Bořkovec, with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under Robert Jindra.
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Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 20 & 27 – Anne Queffélec
Anne Queffélec plays Mozart's piano concertos No. 20 & 27 with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lio Kuokman.
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Review: Beatrice Rana Plays Beethoven and Chopin Piano Sonatas
Beatrice Rana explores two great Piano Sonatas, the "Hammerklavier" by Beethoven and "Funeral March" by Chopin.
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Review: Gershwin Rhapsody – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Michael Feinstein
Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein perform Gershwin’s piano duos and songs, including Rhapsody in Blue.
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Review: Rachmaninoff for Two – Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan
Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan play Rachmaninoff's two Suites for two pianos, together with the Symphonic Dances.
Interviews
My Collection: Olga Pashchenko, Keyboardist
Multi-keyboardist Olga Pashchenko writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn't live without.