Album Reviews
Review: “La Vanità del Mondo” – Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Baroque Oratorio arias, with 7 world premiere recordings.
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Album Reviews
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Album Reviews
Review: Jake Heggie – “Unexpected Shadows” – Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo Soprano Jamie Barton sings songs by contemporary composer Jake Heggie, who accompanies from the piano.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
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Review: Mahler – Das lied von der Erde – Ivan Fischer
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform Mahler's Das Lied von der Eder, with alto Gerhild Romberger and baritone Robert Dean Smith.
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Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar's Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Connolly, Dean Smith, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, September 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: “Nuits” – Véronique Gens, I Giardini
Soprano Véronique Gens is joined by "I Giardini" in French Melodies, with works by Fauré, Berlioz, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Chausson and Liszt and others.