Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Tag: Wagner
Review: Tristan – Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit explores the themes of love and death on his new album, Tristan, through works by Liszt, Henze, and Mahler.
Review: Bruckner – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 – Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester
This final release in Andris Nelsons and Gewandhausorchester’s Bruckner symphony cycle also features Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Amata della Tenebre – Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Soprano Anna Netrebko presents her first solo album in five years with opera’s most iconic arias from Purcell, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Wagner.
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.
Review: Lise Davidsen – Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner
Soprano Lise Davidsen in works for soprano and orchestra with the London Philharmonic under Sir Mark Elder.
Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 2 & 8 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner Symphonies cycle, this time with the second and eighth Symphonies.
My Collection: Sarah Traubel, Soprano
Soprano Sarah Traubel writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn’t live without.
Review: Lise Davidsen Sings Strauss and Wagner
On her debut album, soprano Lise Davidsen sings arias by Strauss and Wagner, accompanied by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
