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Notable Classical Music Box Sets, August 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Romantic
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Review: “Influences” – Mariam Batsashvili, Piano
Mariam Batsashvili plays piano sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt.
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Review: Schubert – Piano Sonata D. 959, Moments Musicaux – Steven Osborne, Piano
Steven Osborne plays Schubert's piano sonata D. 959, and Moments Musicaux, D. 780.
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In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – July 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
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Review: Brahms – Symphonies No. 3 & 4 – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg in Brahms' third and fourth symphonies.
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Review: Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on period instruments.
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Review: Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Ravel – La valse – Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä leads Orchestre de Paris in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and Ravel's La valse.
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Review: Chopin – Piano Sonatas No. 2 & 3 – Benjamin Grosvenor
Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin's piano sonatas No. 2 & 3, the first Ballade, Berceuse and two Nocturnes.
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Review: Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) – Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani
Lahav Shani conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Mendelssohn's third symphony ("Scottish).
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Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances – Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London in Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 and Symphonic Dances.