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Notable Classical Music Box Sets, March 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
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Review: Mozart and Strauss Lieder – Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Mathieu Pordoy in a recital of songs by Mozart and Richard Strauss.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Forbidden Fruit – Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu
Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu continue their collaboration in a recital that explores the themes of desire and its repercussions.
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Review: Strauss – Orchestral Songs – Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Christoph Eschenbach, and the WDR Orchestra perform Richard's Strauss' finest orchestral songs, including the Four Last Songs.
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Review: “Journey Through a Century” – Sueye Park, Violin
Sueye Park in solo violin music from the twentieth century.
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Review: Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Burleske – Chamayou, Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Burleske, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou.
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Review: “Clair-Obscur” – Sandrine Piau Sings Strauss, Berg and Zemlinsky
Soprano Sandrine Piau sings Strauss' "Four Last Songs" and lieder by Berg and Zemlinsky.
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Review: Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel – Urbański
Krzysztof Urbanski and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra perform orchestral tone poems by Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, and Till Eulenspiegel.
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Review: "Morgen" – Elsa Dreisig, Soprano
Soprano Elsa Dreisig and pianist Jonathan Ware perform songs by Strauss, Rachmaninov and Duparc.