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Review: “Roots” – Randall Goosby, Violin
Violinist Randall Goosby in his debut album, with pianist Zhu Wang and contrabass player and composer Xavier Dubois Foley.
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Review: “First Light” – Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly
Pekka Kuusisto plays a new Violin Concerto by Nico Muhly, with works by Philip Glass.
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Review: Mozart – Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 – Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov
Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov in their third volume of Mozart's Violin Sonatas cycle, played on period instruments.
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Review: Debussy – Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer – Argerich, Soltani, Barenboim
Martha Argerich on her first ever recording of Debussy's Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, with Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim, who accompanies in the Violin and Cello Sonatas…
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Review: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin – Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich performs Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, April 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata – Renaud Capuçon, Simon Rattle, Stephen Hough
Renaud Capuçon is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Violin Concerto, and is joined by Stephen Hough in the Violin Sonata.
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Review: “Paris” – Hilary Hahn, Violin
Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, Chausson's Poèm and two Sèrènades by Rautavaara, with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Mikko Franck.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, March 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.