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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Ravel
Album Reviews
Review: Ravel – Orchestral Music – Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
Robert Trevino conducts the Basque National Orchestra in Ravel orchestral works, including Bolero, La Valse and Rapsodie espagnole.
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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.
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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: Ravel – Piano Trio, Chausson – Piano Quartet – Trio Machiavelli
Pianist Claire Huangci is joined by violinist Solenne Païdassi and cellist Tristan Cornut to perform Ravel's Piano Trio. Violist Adrien Bosseau joins for Chausson's Piano Quartet.
Album Reviews
Review: “El Nour” – Fatma Said, Soprano
In a debut album, soprano Fatma Said presents a program that combines French, Spanish and Arabic songs.
Album Reviews
Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
Album Reviews
Review: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel – La Valse – Les Siècles, Roth
Using period instruments, Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel's orchestration, with Ravel's La Valse.
Album Reviews
Review: “Escales” – Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London with a program of French orchestral works.