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Beginners Guides
Interviews
10 Questions With: Pavel Šporcl

Violinist Pavel Šporcl answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions. Where will he most likely find inspiration? How many hours does he practice each day? And what is the classical music albums he couldn’t live without?

10 Questions With: Lise de la Salle

Pianist Lise de la Salle answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions. Where will she most likely find inspiration? How many hours does she practice each day? And what is the classical music albums she couldn’t live without?

10 Questions With: Anna Fedorova

Pianist Anna Fedorova answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions.
Where will she most likely find inspiration, how many hours does she practice a day, and what are the classical music albums she couldn’t live without.

My Collection: Umberto Jacopo Laureti, Pianist

Pianist Umberto Jacopo Laureti writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn’t live without.

In Focus: Beethoven

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Album Reviews
Review: Avril Coleridge-Taylor – Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works – Ege, BBC Philharmonic, Andrews

Samantha Ege, the BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews perform Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Concerto and orchestral works.

Review: “Opus 109” – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach’s sixth keyboard partita, Beethoven’s piano sonatas Op. 90 & 109, and Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 566.

Review: Mendelssohn, Bruch – Violin Concertos, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending – Johan Dalene

Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn’s & Bruch’s Violin Concertos, with an arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending for violin and choir.

In Short – 5 Recent Bach Albums – November 2025

Five recent Bach albums by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Inbal Megiddo, and Antoine Morinière & Thibaut Garcia.

Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – A Beginner’s Guide

A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.

Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) – A Beginners Guide

A guide to Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.

Debussy – Préludes – A Beginners Guide

A guide to Debussy’s two books of Préludes, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.

Bach – A beginners Guide

Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Bach’s music.

Best of the Year, 2025