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There are a few recordings among this past month’s reviews showing the range of the art song genre. A notable one is tenor Piotr Beczala (pictured) singing Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky romances. Little known, mid-20th century, mezzo-soprano Inez Matthews is rediscovered in recordings of Schubert Lieder made in the 1950s. Baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Carolyn Sampson present Sounds and Sweet Airs: A Shakespeare Songbook, with all the sung texts either by Shakespeare himself or inspired by his plays. What will inspire you?

September Classical Reviews

Anna Agafia, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, Joachim Gustafsson – August Enna: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2
Emőke Baráth, Philippe Jaroussky, Václav Luks – Il Boemo [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Baroque Ensemble of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra – The Trondheim Concertos
Rachel Barton Pine – Dependent Arising
Piotr Beczala, Helmut Deutsch – Romances: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
Pieter-Jan Belder – William Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke
Simon Callaghan, BBC NOW, Stephen Bell, George Vass – British Piano Concertos: Addison, Jacob, Rubbra
Chelys Consort of Viols, Helen Charlston – The Honour of William Byrd
Federico Colli, Francesca Dego, Laura van der Heijden, Timothy Ridout – Mozart: The Piano Quartets
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton – Mahler: Rückert-Lieder; Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Constanze Quartet – Emilie Mayer: String Quartets, Vol. 1
Cupertinos, Luís Toscano – Filipe de Magalhães: Masses Veni Domine & Vere Dominus Est
The Curious Bards – Indiscretion
Philippa Davies, Pumeza Matshikiza, Robin O’Neill, English Chamber Orchestra – A Celebration of Paul Reade
Reinbert de Leeuw, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart – Reinbert de Leeuw: Der nächtliche Wanderer; Abschied
Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre – Mon Amant de Saint-Jean
Werner Ehrhardt, L’Arte del Mondo – Schmittbaur: Symphonies
Isabelle Faust, Il giardino armónico, Giovanni Antonini – Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Il Virtuoso, il Poeta
Fine Arts Quartet, Gisele Witkowski, Fabio Witkowski – George Enescu: Early Chamber Music
Ádám Fischer, Danish National Chamber Orchestra – Haydn: Late Symphones, Vol. 1 – Nos. 93-95
Rumon Gamba, Oulu Symphony Orchestra – Overtures from Finland
Thomas Gropper, Arcis-Vocalisten München, L’Arpa Festante – Carl Loewe: Jan Hus Oratorium, Op. 82
Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée – Campra: Messe De Requiem; Mondonville: In Exitu Israël; Rameau: In Convertendo Dominus
Bernard Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 4
Marc-André Hamelin – Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek – Reconnaissance: Kaija Saariaho Choral Music
Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Schulhoff: Five Pieces
Owain Arwel Hughes, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales – Arwel Hughes: Dewi Sant
Dick Hyman – Scott Joplin: The Complete Works for Piano
Noé Inui, Zoi Tsokanou, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra – Topos: 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music
Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Thorsten Johanns, Oliver Triendl, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic – Gunnar de Frumerie: Clarinet Concerto; Piano Concertino; Musica per Nove; Suite
Olaf Katzer, Ensemble Adapter – Reiko Füting: Mechthild
Konstantin Krimmel, Daniel Heide – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Mihkel Kütson, Niederrheinischen Sinfoniker – Vasily Kalinnikov: Le Cèdre et le Palmier; Symphony No. 1; Serenade for Strings; Intermezzo No. 1 & No.2
Inez Matthews – Inez Matthews sings Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin; Winterreise
Albrecht Mayer, Berliner Barock Solisten – Bach Generations
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, SDR Symphony Orchestra, Antoine de Bavier – W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & No. 20
Riccardo Muti, Elizabeth Deshong, Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Contemporary American Composers
Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms Songbook, Vol. 1: Romanzen aus Magelone, Regenlie-Zyklus
Bruce O’Neil, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields – Transclassical Concertos
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby – Sanctissima
Alice Sara Ott – Beethoven
Martin Owen, BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson – Martin Owen Plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber
Liya Petrova, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Adam Laloum – Momentum 1 – Walton: Violin Concerto; Respighi: Violin Sonata
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion – Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – London circa 1740: Handel’s Musicians
Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams, Joseph Middleton – Sounds and Sweet Airs: A Shakespeare Songbook
Jordi Savall, Orpheus 21, Hesperion XXI – Oriente Lux: Dialogue des âmes
Anna Shelest, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi – Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Pièces Caractéristiques
Aziz Shokhakimov, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Silesian Quartet, Karolina Stalmachowska, Pitor Salajczyk – Joachim Mendelson, Grazyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works
State Choir Latvija, Māris Sirmais – Credo
Marek Štilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice – Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6
Matthew Strauss, Svet Stoyanov, Houston Symphony, Robert Spano – Jennifer Higdon: Duo Duel; Concerto for Orchestra
Masaaki Suzuki – Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 4 – Orgelbuchlein (I)
Tan Dun – Tan Dun: Buddha Passion
Telegraph Quartet – Divergent Paths: Schoenberg & Ravel
La Tempète, Simon-Pierre Bestion – Bach Minimaliste
Trio Dichter – An Invitation at the Schumanns’
Various Artists – Hensel Lieder
Viano Quartet – Portraits
Ulf Wallin, Daniel Vlashi Lukaçi, Sueye Park, German Tcakulov – Allan Pettersson: Concerto for Violin & String Quartet; String Trio & Works for Violin and Piano
John Wilson, Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Sinfonia of London – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Antoni Wit, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz – Zygmunt Noskowski: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2 ‘Elegiac’
Haochen Zhang – Franz Liszt: Transcendental Études

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