The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Tag: Symphony
Review: Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies – LAPO, Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Charles Ives four Symphonies.
Review: Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 – Oslo Philharmonic, Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko explores two Russian Symphonies with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Myaskovsky’s Symphony No. 21.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 – Tonhalle-Orchester, Paavo Järvi
In his first recording as Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Francesca da Rimini.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Ádám Fischer
Ádám Fischer continues his ongoing Mahler cycle with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, performing the Ninth Symphony.
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 – Vienna Philharmonic, Thielemann
On the first of what to become a full Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann conducts the Eighth Symphony in the Haas edition.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Gossec’s “Symphonie à Dix-Sept Parties”.
Review: Franz Schmidt – Complete Symphonies – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Franz Schmidt’s Complete Symphonies. An in-depth review of the new performance and how it compares to past recordings.
Review: Ethel Smyth – “The Prison” – Burton, Brailey, Experiential Orchestra, Blachly
A premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison” – With Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey, and the Experiential Orchestra under James Blachly.
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies No. 1-5 – Le Concert des Nations, Savall
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations present the first volume of their Beethoven complete Symphonies cycle, with Symphonies 1-5.
