Album Reviews
Review: “Piano Heroines” – Claire Huangci
Pianist Claire Huangci plays works by female composers, including Fanny Hensel, Amy Beach, Clara Wiek, and Florence Price.
Twentieth Century
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Review: Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius – Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins conducts The Huddersfield Choral Society and the Orchestra of Opera North in Elgar's oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius.
Album Reviews
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, February 2026
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Album Reviews
Review: Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev – ‘With All My Breath and All My Blood’
Giorgi Gigashvili plays Prokofiev's "War Sonatas" for piano. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili joins in two short pieces.
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Review: Mendelssohn, Enescu – Octets – Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet
Quatuor Ébène and the Belcea Quartet join forces to play Octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu.
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Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite – Nobuyuki Tsujii
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, and Pletnev's piano arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. With the Liverpool Philharmonic under Domingo Hindoyan.
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Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 7 – National Symphony Orchestra – Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 7 ("Song of the Night").
Best of
Year In Review – The Best Classical Music Albums, 2025
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Album Reviews
Review: Avril Coleridge-Taylor – Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works – Ege, BBC Philharmonic, Andrews
Samantha Ege, the BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews perform Avril Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Concerto and orchestral works.
Album Reviews
Review: Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings
6-CD box set of previously unreleased recordings by pianist Radu Lupu.