In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – December 2025
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
Christian Tetzlaff plays Elgar's Violin Concerto and Adès's “Concentric Paths” for violin and orchestra. With the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds.
On their second volume of Vaughan Williams symphonies, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano perform the 5th and 9th symphonies.
Pavel Haas Quartet play four of Martinů's String Quartets.
The Kanneh-Masons play Schubert's "Trout" Quintet, with other works by Coleridge-Taylor, Handel, Elgar, Chopin and Dvořák.
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Nielsen's Helios overture and Symphony No.5. Alessandro Carbonare is soloist in the Clarinet Concerto.
A box set celebrating Itzhak Perlman's 80th birthday, with all the recordings he made for Warner Classics between 1972-2016.
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
The second volume of Grażyna Bacewicz's complete orchestral works conducted by Sakari Oramo. Including the Concerto For Orchestra, Symphony No. 2, and Piano Concerto.
Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons perform Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie.