Friday, April 3, 2026

Classical Highlights for March 2026


We’re again with classical music evaluations! Thanks all for the sort and supportive messages after the passing of James Manheim final October; they had been very appreciated. We’ve got received a few new writers we expect are superb, and we hope you do as effectively. Amongst their first items is an analysis of Hans Zender‘s orchestration and elaboration of Schubert’s Winterreise, sung by tenor Allan Clayton (pictured) with the Aurora Orchestra. Beneath are their preliminary evaluations, plus some from one in every of our long-time workers editors, Keith Finke, who hopes to have extra time to put in writing this 12 months as effectively.

March Classical Critiques

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico – Carissimi: Jonas; Monteverdi, Lasso

Yang Bao – Madlands

Jan Bartoš, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Petr Popelka – Beethoven, Reicha: Piano Concertos

Berliner Philharmoniker – Brahms 1

Katie Bray, Murray Grainger, Marianne Schofield, William Vann – In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill

Karina Canellakis, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

Chelys Consort of Viols, James Akers – Les âges du monde: French viol consort music by the ages

Allan Clayton, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon – Hans Zender: Schubert’s Winterreise – A Composed Interpretation

Concerto Copenhagen – New Brandenburg Concertos: J.S. Bach – Organ Trio Sonatas Expanded

Ann Hallenberg, The Mozartists, Ian Web page – Gluck Arias

Paul Hillier, Ensemble Stralo, Theatre of Voices – Peter Navarro-Alonso: In Flagrante Delicto

JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell, Rohan Dasika – Liza Lim: String Creatures

Paavo Järvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen – Schubert: Symphonies No. 7 & 4

The Kanneh-Masons – River of Music

Vincent Larderet – Ravel: Full Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2

Alexnader Malofeev – Forgotten Melodies

Kirill Petrenko, Wolfgang Koch, Daniel Behle, Berliner Philharmoniker – Schoenberg: Jacob’s Ladder, oratorio

Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet – Octets: Mendelssohn, Enescu

Donald Runnicles, Grand Teton Music Pageant Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Tyshawn Sorey, Houston Chamber Choir – Tyshawn Sorey: Monochromatic Life (Afterlife)

Andrew Staples, Magdalena Kozená, Sir Simon Rattle – Mozart: Idomeneo

Mika Stoltzman – Crossing the Bar

Alexandra Whittingham – Letters from Paris

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie – Friedrich Witt: Symphonies 1-3

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