Continuing a distinguished collaboration, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and MacMillan’s Larghetto.
Tag: Romantic
Review: Schubert – Impromptus, Moments Musicaux – Alexandre Tharaud, Piano
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs Schubert’s D. 899 Impromptus and revisits the D. 780 Moments Musicaux.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: 12 Stradivari – Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano
Janine Jansen collaborates with Antonio Pappano (piano) on an intriguing new album that brings together 12 of the world’s rarest violins.
Review: Etudes Op. 25, 4 Scherzi – Beatrice Rana, Piano
Pianist Beatrice Rana performs two sets of Frédéric Chopin’s most challenging and well-loved works.
Review: “Carte Blanche” – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet celebrates a special birthday with a release featuring selections from classical, jazz, and film music.
Review: “Freudvoll und Leidvoll” – Songs by Liszt – Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and pianist Helmut Deutsch feature some of Franz Liszt’s finest songs.
Review: “…Le Temps perdu…” – Imogen Cooper, Piano
Imogen Cooper in piano works she studied in her youth, by Ravel, Liszt, Fauré and Resphigi (Chandos, 2021).
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Melnikov, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Bolton
Alexander Melnikov plays a Blüthner piano from 1859 in Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, with Sinfonieorchester Basel under Ivor Bolton.
Review: Chopin – Complete Nocturnes – Jan Lisiecki
Jan Lisiecki returns to Chopin with a performance of the complete Nocturnes.
