Marin Alsop leads the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Schumann’s first two symphonies, re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler.
Tag: Symphony
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 – LSO, Rattle
Simon Rattle records his third Bruckner symphony as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 4 – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth leads Les Siècles in a period instrument performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
Review: Martinů – Symphonies 5 & 6 – SWR, Norrington
Sir Roger Norrington leads the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR in Martinů’s symphonies No. 5 & 6.
Review: La Passione – Christina Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Soprano Christina Landshamer and period-ensemble Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin explore the omnipresent theme of love in works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Review: Schumann – The Symphonies – Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim in his third recording of the Schumann symphonies cycle.
Review: Brahms – Complete Symphonies – Àdàm Fischer, Danish Chamber Orchestra
Ádám Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra add Brahm’s four symphonies to their list of symphonic cycles.
Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2022
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2022
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2022 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Schubert – Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 – René Jacobs, B’rock Orchestra
The final installment of René Jacob’s Schubert symphony cycle features the B’rock Orchestra performing Symphony No. 8 (‘Unfinished’) and No. 9 (‘The Great’).
