Interviews
My Collection: Martina Filjak, Pianist
Pianist Martina Filjak tells The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn't live without.
Piano
Album Reviews
Double Review: Chopin Piano Concertos – Grosvenor, Yundi
Benjamin Grosvenor and Yundi Li have both released albums with Chopin's Piano Concertos.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Sonatas – Pollini (2020)
40 years after his original recordings of Beethoven's late Piano Sonatas, Maurizio Pollini return to the last three sonatas in a new live recording for DG.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 and 5 – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Kristian Bezuidenhout begins a new cycle of Beethoven's Piano Concerto, with the Freiburger Barockorchestrer under Pablo Heras-Casado.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Sonatas – Fazil Say
Fazil Say presents Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas for Warner Classics (2020).
Album Reviews
Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos 3 and 5 – Lortie, Gardner
The second volume of Louis Lortie and Edward Gardner's cycle of the complete Piano Concertos by Saint-Saëns, with the BBC Philharmonic.
Album Reviews
Review: Ravel – Piano Concerto, Le Tombeau de Couperin – Perianes, Pons
Ravel's Piano Concerto is programmed with Le Tombeau de Couperin and “Alborada del gracioso” from “Miroirs”, in both piano and orchestra versions.
Beginners Guides
Haydn – A Beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Joseph Haydn, one of the leading figures in the Classical era? Here are 10 pieces…
Best of
Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2019
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1, Four Ballads – Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt conducts the mighty First Piano Concerto by Brahms from the keyboard, and performs the reflective Ballades, Op. 10.