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May. 4, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

Classical highlights for April: Benjamin Alard furthers his survey of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach with Volume 6, a relatively young conductor, Klaus Mäkelä, joins a long line of Scandinavian conductors… Read More

Apr. 4, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

In Pop music you often hear the term "cover song," meaning one artist performing a song by another artist and giving it their own spin. This has been going on for centuries, except that in Classical music,… Read More

Feb. 28, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

In February we reviewed Roderick Williams' Mirages: The Art of French Song and Ice Land: The Eternal Music, as well as as the Catalyst Quartet and pianist Michelle Cann doing the chamber music of Florence… Read More

Jan. 31, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

This month's classical highlights include the Brahms' viola sonatas by Philip Dukes (pictured above) and concertos of Telemann by Antoine Tamestit. You might also be warmed by the tangos of Piazzolla… Read More

Jan. 3, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

A highlight of the notable non-holiday releases in December is new Orthodox Christian music by American composer Benedict Sheehan, sung by the Saint Tikhon Choir. Read More

Dec. 3, 2021

Recent Classical Highlights

Music for strings dominated the new releases this month, whether it was Gubaidulina's Dialog: Ich und Du concerto for violin, or string quartets by both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. There were still many… Read More

Oct. 28, 2021

Recent Classical Highlights

This month our reviewers found a few programs of a more varied nature that impressed them including a virtuosic guitar recital by Krzysztof Meisinger, an album of arias performed by Michael Spyres, favorite… Read More

Oct. 4, 2021

Recent Classical Highlights

Among the new releases we reviewed in September are some lesser-known compositions by big name composers. Holst's opera The Perfect Fool is very rarely heard, except for the ballet music, but Lyrita recently… Read More

Aug. 31, 2021

Recent Classical Highlights

A wide variety of classical albums were reviewed in August including orchestral songs by Wagner and Mahler sung by Anja Harteros, Bach's Orchestral Suites by Concerto Copenhagen, and Haydn's Seven Last… Read More

Aug. 3, 2021

Recent Classical Highlights

There were many new concerto and concerto-esque recordings reviewed this past month, including Martynas Levickis' recording of Piazzolla's Aconcagua concerto for accordion, performed with the Lithuanian… Read More