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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.
Twentieth Century
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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.
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Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2 – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ticciati
Robin Ticciati conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2.
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Review: “On DSCH” – Igor Levit, Piano
Pianist Igor Levit performs Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, with Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia On DSCH.
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Review: “…Le Temps perdu…” – Imogen Cooper, Piano
Imogen Cooper in piano works she studied in her youth, by Ravel, Liszt, Fauré and Resphigi (Chandos, 2021).
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Review: “Phidylé” – Kateřina Kněžíková, Soprano
Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková collaborates with Robert Jindra and the Janáček Philharmonic in a series of songs from the turn of the 20th century.