Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra begin a cycle of Bartók’s orchestral works, which will program contrasting works on each release.
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2019 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
Ádám Fischer continues his Mahler cycle with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, arriving to the eights, "Symphony of the Thousand".
Guitarist Manuel Barrueco and harmonica player José Staneck plays two of Villa Lobos' Concerto, together with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Giancarlo Guerrero.
Beatrice Rana plays Ravel's Miroirs and La Valse, and Stravinsky's Petrushka, The Firebird.
The Neave Trio presents piano trios of Louise Ferrenc, Amy Beach, and Rebecca Clarke.
The Pavel Haas Quartet releases their first performance of Shostakovich, including the second, seventh and eighth String Quartets.
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform two of De Falla most famous works: “El sombrero de tres picos” and “El amor brujo”.
Magdalena Kožená, with Simon Rattle on the piano and other musicians, perform works by Dvořák, Janáček, Brahms, Ravel, Stravinsky, Chausson and Strauss.
Haochen Zhang, in his first concerto recording, presents Tchaikovsky first and Prokofiev's second Piano Concertos.
