To close out the year, some of the most noteworthy classical recordings released in 2018.
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Ravel: “Tzigane”
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Polina Leschenko, piano
(Alpha)
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
(Sony Classical)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major (“Egyptian”)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Orchestre National de France/Emmanuel Krivine
(Erato)
Mendelssohn: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” incidental music –
I: Scherzo
VII: Notturno
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer
(Channel Classics)
Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
(Sony Classical)
Debussy: Nocturnes
Les Cris de Paris
Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth
(Harmonia Mundi)
Bernstein: “On the Waterfront” Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Christian Lindberg
(BIS)
Caroline Shaw: “Blueprint”
Aizuri Quartet
(New Amsterdam)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (“Eroica”)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck
(Reference Recordings)
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