We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2024 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Symphony
Double Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 4 & 7 – Heras-Casado, Jurowski
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Anima Eterna in symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”), and Vladimir Jurowski conducts the RSO Berlin in symphony No. 7
Review: Schubert – Symphony Nos. 5 & 8 (“Unfinished”) – Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Schubert symphonies No. 5 & 8 (Unfinished).
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, October 2024
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Recommended Video: Julia Fischer Plays Brahms Violin Concerto
Philipp von Steinaecker leads the Mahler Academy Orchestra in the composer’s 9th Symphony, on period instruments.
Review: Contemplation – Huw Montague Rendall
Baritone Huw Montague Rendall in opera arias by Mozart, Mahler, Korngold, Britten, Gounod, Duparc and more.
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 – Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi continues his new Bruckner cycle with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
Review: Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann
Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák’s 9th Symphony (“From the New World”) and the “American Suite”.
Review: Dvořák – Symphonies No. 7-9 – Semyon Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic in Dvořák’s three famous symphonies.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – August 2024
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.