Album Reviews
Review: “Vienna 1900” – Le Sage, Plesser, Kashimoto, Meyer, Pahud
A programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century, including Berg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Schönberg.
Twentieth Century
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Review: Finzi – Clarinet Concerto – Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5 – Collins
Michael Collins conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony, and is the soloist in Finzi's Clarinet Concerto.
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Review: Vadym Kholodenko Plays Prokofiev’s Solo Piano Music
Vadym Kholodenko, winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, performs solo works by Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 6 and "Visions Fugitives".
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Review: Zemlinsky – Die Seejungfrau – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Albrecht
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Zemlinsky's "Die Seejungfrau" - Fantasy in for large orchestra after a fairy-tale by Andersen.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Review: Songs By Sir Hamilton Harty – Kathryn Rudge, Christopher Glynn
This new album contains 17 new premier recording of songs by the Irish composer (Somm Recordings, 2020).
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Review: Bruckner, Stravinsky – Mass for Choir and Wind – Rundfunkchor Berlin
Gijs Leenaars performs Bruckner and Stravinsky's two Masses for choir and wind instruments, with the Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
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Review: “Cantilena” – Tabea Zimmermann, Viola and Javier Perianes, Piano
In this collection of arrangements for viola and piano, Tabea Zimmermann and Javier Perianes take us on a journey through Spain and South America (2020)
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Review: Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel – Urbański
Krzysztof Urbanski and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra perform orchestral tone poems by Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, and Till Eulenspiegel.
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Review: Poulenc – Piano Concertos, Chamber Works – Mark Bebbington
Pianist Mark Bebbington performs Poulenc's Piano Concerto, "Concert Champêtre" and chamber works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jan Latham-Koenig.