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Aug. 31, 2023

Classical Highlights for August 2023

The reviews from this month display the prowess of several up-and-coming soloists including pianist Su Yeon Kim (pictured) who issued a wonderful debut with a recital of music by Mozart, and Yunchan Lim's… Read More

Aug. 2, 2023

Classical Highlights for July 2023

The Linos Piano Trio (pictured) gave us a notable performance of Ravel. Other new releases you might want to hear are violinist Daniel Hope's New Music for a New Century and piano concertos by Rautavaara… Read More

Jul. 5, 2023

Classical Highlights for June 2023

Epic listening is what you get with this month's classical reviews, in more than one sense. If only we all had the energy of Garrick Ohlsson (pictured), who, with conductor Donald Runnicles, performed… Read More

Jun. 7, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights for May 2023

As usual, the highlights of this month's classical music span a wide range of genres. There is Baroque opera: Porpora's Carlo il Calvo; two solo guitar albums, one with Raphaël Feuillâtre (pictured) and… Read More

May. 1, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights for April 2023

There are some interesting concertos among this month's new reviews. Conductor Marin Alsop is a champion of composer Kevin Puts, with a new recording featuring his latest concertos for marimba and for… Read More

Mar. 30, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights for March 2023

Each month here we try to point you to new releases that cover new music -- such as orchestral works by Missy Mazzoli -- or rarely heard or re-discovered music -- like the guitar works of Justin Holland,… Read More

Mar. 1, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights

Several of the albums we reviewed in the past month highlight the legacies of some great artists including a live recording of octogenarian Neeme Jarvi leading the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra… Read More

Jan. 31, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights

This past month our reviewers not only listened to recent releases like Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Concerto performed by Michael Collins, but also went back to a few worthwhile things that were missed… Read More

Jan. 3, 2023

Recent Classical Highlights

Our most recent set of reviews sums up 2022 in a way. Along with recent releases, there were a few last minute holiday music recordings -- including a reimagining of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by Kristjan… Read More

Nov. 29, 2022

Recent Classical Highlights

If you are looking for something familiar and yet not quite familiar, there is a lot from which to choose in this last batch of classical new releases our reviewers checked out including Leon Botstein… Read More