Some of this month’s classical highlights include new recordings by veteran performers, but also new music. Angela Hewitt (pictured) released her second volume of the Mozart piano sonatas, while Heinz Holliger put together a recital of French, primarily 20th century music for oboe. New Millennium features 21st century music composed for the St. John’s College Choir, and includes the last recordings made with its now former conductor Andrew Nethsingha. That’s just a few examples of the diversity of recent albums.
Esther Abrami, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Palmer – Cinéma
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen – Bartók: Piano Concertos
Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan MacLeod – Josquin Desprez: Malheur me bat
Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel – Haydn 2032, No. 14: L’Imperiale
Michael Barenboim, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alessandro Crudele – Britten & Elgar: Sea Interludes, Violin Concerto
Philippe Bianconi – Ravel: L’Œuvre pour piano
Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante – Vivaldi: Concerti per violino XI ‘Per Anna Maria’
Daníel Bjarnason, Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Jóhann Jóhannsson: A Prayer to the Dynamo; Suites from Sicario and The Theory of Everything
Ronald Brautigam – Franz Schubert: Impromptus
Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Laurent Campellone, Münchner Rundfunkorchester – Jules Massenet: Ariane
Giuliano Carmignola, Accademia dell’Annunciata, Riccardo Doni – The Three Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi
Francesca Chiejina, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – Transfigured: Schoenberg, A. Mahler, Webern, Zemlinsky
William Christie, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Arts Florissants – Haydn: Paris Symphonies; Violin Concerto No. 1
City Opera Vancouver, Mary Chun – Alice Ping Yee Ho: Chinatown
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose – Corigliano, Adamo: The Lord of Crie
Paul Daniel, Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde
Federico De Michelis, Steven Blier – Mi País: Songs of Argentina
dogma chamber orchestra, Mikhail Gurewitsch – Mendelssohn Project, Vol. 4: String symphonies 8-10
Friedemann Eichhorn, Fazil Say – Liebestod: Works for Violin and Piano
Emerson String Quartet, Barbara Hannigan, Betrand Chamayou – Infinite Voyage
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste – Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae
Plínio Fernandes – Bacheando
Sarah Fox, Sarah Connolly, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann – Parry: Scenes from Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound; Blest Pair of Sirens
Thibaut Garcia – El Bohemio: Agustín Barrios
Brandon Patrick George – TwoFold
Boris Giltburg, Peter Jarůšek, Veronika Jarůšková – Dvorák: The Complete Piano Trios
Elizabeth Gray, Darnell Ishmel, Kenneth Kiesler, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra – James P. Johnson: De Organizer; The Dreamy Kid (excerpts)
Hélène Grimaud – For Clara
Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp, Ben Palmer – Postcards from Grimethorpe
Ofra Harnoy – Elgar & Lalo: Cello Concertos
Samuel Hasselhorn, Ammiel Bushakevitz – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Angela Hewitt – Mozart: Piano Sonatas K310-K311, K330-K333
Heinz Holliger, Anton Kernjak – Éventail
John Holloway Ensemble – Henry Purcell: Fantazias
Jonas Kaufmann – The Sound of Movies
Igor Levit – Fantasia
Lucia Lin, Natalie Rose Kress, Danny Kim, Ronald Feldman – Leonard Bernstein: Music for String Quartet (1936); Aaron Copland: Elegies for Violin and Viola (1932)
London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron – Mirabilis: The Music of Stephen Hough
Tim Mead, Nicky Spence, David Bates – Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Antonio Meneses, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky – Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra
Simone Menezes, Camila Provenzale, Philharmonia Zürich – Amazônia: Villa-Lobos, Glass
Mivos Quartet – JG Thirlwell: Dystonia
Edgar Moreau, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andris Poga – Weinberg, Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra – Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
Quynh Nguyen – Chihara: Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra; Bagatelles; Reveries; Ami
Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra – George Walker: Five Sinfonias
Orsino Ensemble, Peter Sparks, Llinos Owen, James Baillieu – Echoes of Bohemia: Czech Music for Wind
Francesco Piemontesi – Liszt: Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata
Trevor Pinnock, Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble – Bach: Partitas re-imagined for small orchestra by Thomas Oehler
The Queen’s Cartoonists, Joel Pierson – Mozart’s Jazz Requiem
Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Natalya Romaniw, Claire Barnett-Jones, John Andrews – Ethel Smyth: Der Wald, Opera in one Act
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Philharmonia Orchestra – Santtu conducts Mahler
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations – Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonie no. 4 en La Majeur “Italienne”, Op. 90
Ekaterina Siurina, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian – Where Is My Beloved?
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Sirens’ Song
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Andrew Nethsingha – New Millennium
Laura Strickling – 40@40
Swedish Radio Choir / Kaspars Putniņš – Schumann: Missa Sacra
Yaara Tal – 1923
Gerardo Teissonnière – Schubert: The Complete Impromptus
Robert Treviño, Orchestra Nazionale Sinfonica della RAI – Respighi: Roman Trilogy
Jaap van Zweden, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9
Lars Vogt, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24
Yuja Wang, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel – Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Sarah Willis, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, José Antonio Méndez Padrón – Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
Shai Wosner – Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
