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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.
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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).
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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.
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Review: Chopin – Complete Nocturnes – Jan Lisiecki
Jan Lisiecki returns to Chopin with a performance of the complete Nocturnes.
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Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 – BBC Philharmonic, Mena
Juanjo Mena leads the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, in the Nowak edition.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, August 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Review: Chopin – Complete Nocturnes – Alain Planès
Alain Planès performs Chopin complete Nocturnes on 1836 Pleyel piano.
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Review: Bruch – String Quintets & Octet – WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players
Three chamber works for strings by Max Bruch with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players.
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Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 1 & 2 – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow continues his journey with Saint-Saëns, this time conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in the early Symphonies No. 1 and 2, and the youthful Symphony…
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.