Album Reviews
Review: An Invitation at the Schumanns’ – Trio Dichter
In a recreation of a salon concert at the Schumanns, Trio Dichter performs a recital of songs and chamber music on period instruments
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Review: Ysaÿe – Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 – Hilary Hahn, Violin
In her newest recording for Deutsche Grammophon, Hilary Hahn takes on the challenge of performing Eugene Ysaÿe's complete sonatas for solo violin.
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Review: Music for a New Century – Daniel Hope, Violin
Daniel Hope presents works of living composers including Philip Glass and Tan Dun.
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Double Review: Violin Concertos by Bruch, Britten & Price – Goosby, Leong
A double review of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto by Randall Goosby with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Nézet-Séguin, and Kerson Leong with Philharmonia under Hahn.
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Review: Maria Mater Meretrix – Anna Prohaska, Patricia Koparchinskaja
Anna Prohaska, Patricia Koparchinskaja, and the Camerata Bern present a millennia's worth of music from Hildegard von Bingen to George Crumb
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Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – María Dueñas, Wiener Symphoniker, Honeck
María Dueñas in a new rendition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by Manfred Honeck.
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Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – Veronika Eberle, LSO, Sir Simon Rattle
Veronika Eberle and Sir Simon Rattle perform Beethoven's violin concerto, along a rare fragment of an early violin concerto.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Violin Sonatas – Midori, Thibaudet
This new 2023 release presents Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in their first major collaborative recording project: the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
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Review: Janáček, Brahms, Bartòk – Violin Sonatas – Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Fazıl Say
Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s third collaboration with pianist Fazil Say features a trio of violin sonatas by Janáček, Brahms, and Bartòk.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, April 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.