We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2021 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Symphony
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 – Vienna Philharmonic, Thielemann
Christian Thielemann leads the Vienna Philharmonic in a continuation of their Bruckner cycle, featuring the Haas edition of Symphony No. 4.
Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Continuing a distinguished collaboration, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and MacMillan’s Larghetto.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 3 & Urbs Roma – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow and the Liège Royal Philharmonic complete their cycle of Saint-Saëns’ Symphonies.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 – Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi leads the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich in a new recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and the Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2 – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ticciati
Robin Ticciati conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, September 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
