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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, January 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Year In Review – Our Top 10 Classical Albums for 2020
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2020 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
Album Reviews
Review: Ammann, Ravel, Bartók – Piano Concertos – Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki
Andreas Haefliger plays a new Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with Ravel's Concerto for the Left-Hand and Bartók's Piano Concertos No. 3.
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Moog, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Milton
Joseph Moog plays Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 and Four Pieces Op. 119, with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Nicholas Milton.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Late Piano Sonatas – Nikolai Lugansky
Nikolai Lugansky plays Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Op. 101, 109 and 111.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Volume 6
In the sixth volume of his ongoing Chopin cycle, Louis Lortie plays Mazurkas, Polonaises the Fantasie Op. 49 and the "La ci darem" variations.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals - Khatia Buniatishvili's "Labyrinth", and Bertrand Chamayou's "Good Night!".
Album Reviews
Review: “The Messenger” – Hélène Grimaud Plays Mozart and Silvestrov
Hélène Grimaud plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the Camerata Salzburg and two Fantasies, with works by Valentin Silvestrov.