Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 7 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä And the Minnesota Orchestra continue their ongoing Mahler cycle, this time with Symphony No. 7 ("Song of the Night").
Symphony
Album Reviews
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Leshnoff – Double concerto – Honeck
Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and a new "Double Concerto" by Jonathan Leshnoff.
Album Reviews
Review: “Franck By Franck” – OPRF, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform works by César Franck.
Beginners Guides
Tchaikovsky – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the leading figures in the late Romantic era? Here are 10 pieces…
Interviews
My Collection: Kilian Herold, Clarinet
Clarinet player Kilian Herold writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn't live without.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies 1-3 – Britten Sinfonia, Adès
Composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès leads the Britten Sinfonia in Beethoven’s first three Symphonies, with two compositions by composer Gerald Barry.
Album Reviews
Review: Rachmaninov – Paganini Rhapsody, Symphony No. 3 – Abduraimov, Gaffigan
In "Rachmaninov in Lucern", pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs the "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and the third Symphony, with conductor James Gaffigan.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 – BBC Philharmonic – Storgårds
John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony, "The Year 1905".
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Review: Mozart – Symphonies No. 39-41 – Ensemble Resonanz, Minasi
Ensemble Resonanz and conductor Riccardo Minasi perform Mozart's Symphonies No. 39-41 ("Jupiter).
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and its Concertmaster Bernhard Forck present two orchestral pieces which depicts nature - Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony and Knecht's "Le portrait musical de…