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Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2021
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…
Twentieth Century
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Review: Muse – Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Barber, along with song transcriptions.
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Review: À sa guitare – Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia take us through a journey of 500 years in a series of diverse works.
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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.
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Review: ’round midnight – Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Ébène embarks on an intriguing journey through the night in a feature of works by Dutilleux, Merlin, and Schoenberg.
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Review: Prokofiev – Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 – Tianwa Yang, Violin
Tianwa Yang is a soloist with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev's vibrant violin concertos.
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Review: Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra and Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta – Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra continue their Bartók series with new readings of masterpieces from his final years.
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Review: 12 Stradivari – Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano
Janine Jansen collaborates with Antonio Pappano (piano) on an intriguing new album that brings together 12 of the world's rarest violins.
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Review: “Carte Blanche” – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet celebrates a special birthday with a release featuring selections from classical, jazz, and film music.
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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.