Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Tag: Twentieth Century
Review: Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings
6-CD box set of previously unreleased recordings by pianist Radu Lupu.
Review: Rachmaninoff – The Bells, Elgar – Falstaff – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” and Elgar’s “Falstaff”.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, November 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Elgar, Adès – Violin Concertos – Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff plays Elgar’s Violin Concerto and Adès’s “Concentric Paths” for violin and orchestra. With the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds.
Review: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 – London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano
On their second volume of Vaughan Williams symphonies, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano perform the 5th and 9th symphonies.
Review: Martinů – String Quartets No. 2, 3, 5 & 7 – Pavel Haas Quartet
Pavel Haas Quartet play four of Martinů’s String Quartets.
Review: River of Music – The Kanneh-Masons
The Kanneh-Masons play Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, with other works by Coleridge-Taylor, Handel, Elgar, Chopin and Dvořák.
Review: Nielsen – Clarinet Concerto, Symphony No.5 – Carbonare, Bergen Philharmonic, Gardner
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Nielsen’s Helios overture and Symphony No.5. Alessandro Carbonare is soloist in the Clarinet Concerto.
Review: Itzhak Perlman – The Complete Warner Classics Edition (78 CDs)
A box set celebrating Itzhak Perlman’s 80th birthday, with all the recordings he made for Warner Classics between 1972-2016.
