Album Reviews
Review: “Franck By Franck” – OPRF, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform works by César Franck.
Romantic
Album Reviews
Review: Dvořák – Requiem, Te Deum, Biblical Songs – Hrůša, Bělohlávek
Jakub Hrůša conducts the Czech Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonic Choir in Dvořák's Requiem and Te Deum. The late Jiří Bělohlávek conducts "Biblical Songs".
Interviews
My Collection: Umberto Jacopo Laureti, Pianist
Pianist Umberto Jacopo Laureti writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn't live without.
Album Reviews
Review: César Franck – Piano Works – Nikolai Lugansky
Nikolai Lugansky perform all of César Franck's famous works for piano, including the "Prélude, choral et fugue" and the "Prélude, aria et final".
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms, Schoenberg – Violin Concertos – Jack Liebeck
Violinist Jack Liebeck perform Schoenberg's and Brahms' Violin Concertos, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Gourlay.
Album Reviews
Review: Chopin – 24 Preludes, Schumann – Ghost Variations – Eric Lu, Piano
Eric Lu plays Chopin's 24 preludes and Schumann's "Geistervariationen", in his first solo album since winning the Leeds Piano Competition.
Album Reviews
Review: “Incantation” – Virgil Boutellis-Taft, Violin
Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft presents works by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Chausson and Bloch.
Album Reviews
Review: “Italian Inspirations” – Alessio Bax, Piano
Pianist Alessio Bax presents a recital of pieces by Bach, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Dallapiccola, all influenced by Italian culture.
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: Schumann – Symphonies No. 1 and 3 – LSO, Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner finishes his new Schumann Symphonies cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra, with Symphony No. 1 ("Spring") and no. 3 ("Rhenish").