Album Reviews
In Short – 5 Recent Bach Albums – November 2025
Five recent Bach albums by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Inbal Megiddo, and Antoine Morinière & Thibaut Garcia.
Piano
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Notable Classical Music Box Sets, November 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Album Reviews
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – December 2025
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
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Review: Schubert – Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 – Martin Helmchen
Martin Helmchen in the first volume of Schubert complete Piano Sonatas cycle.
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Review: Daniil Trifonov Plays Tchaikovsky
Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky's piano sonata Op. 80, "Children's Album", and Pletnev's piano arrangement of "The Sleeping Beauty".
Best of
Top Five – Chopin – The Piano Concertos – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Chopin two piano concertos.
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Review: Chopin – Mazurkas, Vol. 1 – Ingrid Fliter
Ingrid fliter in the first volume of Chopin's complete Mazurkas.
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Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Piemontesi, Gewandhausorchester, Honeck
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Manfred Honeck.
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Review: River of Music – The Kanneh-Masons
The Kanneh-Masons play Schubert's "Trout" Quintet, with other works by Coleridge-Taylor, Handel, Elgar, Chopin and Dvořák.
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Review: Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch in Schumann and Schubert
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Schumann's Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, with a bonus DVD featuring a staged production of Schubert's Schwanengesang.