The Classic Review

Justin Taylor’s Clavecin XX presents an intriguing selection of solo and ensemble works by Bartók, Françaix, Górecki, Poulenc, and Manuel de Falla, placing a traditionally antiquated instrument squarely in a modern context. For this recording, Taylor utilizes a 1970s

As an ardent admirer of Petrenko’s Liverpool Shostakovich cycle (Naxos), I was excited to hear his first Mahler recording for Harmonia Mundi — and it does not disappoint.

Modest Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874, when he was thirty-five, writing the original piano suite in barely three weeks. It was a tribute to his friend the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann, who had d...

Behzod Abduraimov’s Inferno explores the multifaceted concept of fire, bringing together cornerstones of the piano repertoire by Liszt, Debussy, and Stravinsky alongside a lesser-known offering by Carl Czerny.

Having enjoyed Gimeno’s recent recordings of Bartók (Toronto SO/Harmonia Mundi –