Normally our monthly reviews cover a good mixture of symphonic, chamber, vocal, and other music. This past month, however, there seems to be a lot of keyboard music, ranging from Christophe Rousset’s reading of Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge to Inon Barnatan’s virtuosic transcription for solo piano of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. One of the notable albums is the music of Gershwin and Rachmaninov as interpreted by Earl Wilde recorded by American pianist John Wilson (pictured). Other keyboard releases cover music by Nikolai Medtner, Isaac Albéniz, and Enrique Granados; a wide range from which to choose.
Andy Akiho, Omaha Symphony – Sculptures
ARC Ensemble – Chamber Works by Robert Müller-Hartmann
Avi Avital, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini – Concertos
Inon Barnatan – Rachmaninoff Reflections
Kristhyan Benitez – Afro-Cuban Dances
Benjamin Bertin – Nikolaï Medtner: Les trois dernières sonates pour piano
Robert Black – John Luther Adams: Darkness and Scattered Light
Elisaveta Blumina, Hartmut Schill, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie – Gija Kancheli: A Little Daneliade; Valse Boston
Ian Bostridge, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Olli Mustonen – Olli Mustonen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Marvin Camacho, UCR Choral – Marvin Camacho: Cantata Negra
Santiago Cañón-Valencia – Ascenso
Bertrand Chamayou – Letter(s) to Erik Satie
Diana Damrau, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theis – Operette: Wien, Berlin, Paris
Doric String Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol. 1
Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà – Signature Philip Glass
Ensemble Dal Niente, JACK Quartet, Quince Ensemble, Ben Roidl-Ward – Chris Fisher-Lochhead: Wake Up the Dead
JoAnn Falletta, Anna Mattix, Timothy McAllister, National Orchestral Institute Orchestra – Copland: The Tender Land Suite; Creston: Saxophone Concerto; Kay: Pietà; Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite
Pacho Flores, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, Carlos Miguel Prieto – Estirpe
Jackson Greenberg, Charles Yang, Eric Silberger, Cong Wu, Tavi Ungerleider – The Things We Pass on Through Our Genes
Ragnhild Hemsing – Vetra: My Norwegian Winter
Philippe Herreweghe, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra – Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Philippe Jaroussky, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin – Forgotten Arias
Florian Krumpöck – Chopin: Ballades 1-4; Prélude Op. 45; Sonate Op. 35
Fanya Lin, Henryk Wieniawski Lublin Philharmonic, Theodore Kuchar – Rhapsodic: Gershwin, Rachmaninoff
Luis López – Albéniz & Granados Piano Works
Nino Machaidze, Réka Kristóf, Ivan Repušić – Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima Crociata
Marian Consort – A Winged Woman
Andrew McIntosh, Steven Vanhauwaert – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Three Sonatas for Violin & Fortepiano, Op. 1b
Janne Mertanen – Chopin
Paul Meyer, Éric Le Sage – Carl Reinecke: Undine, sonata Op. 167; Brahms: Sonata No. 1 & Sonata No. 2 Op. 120
Mithras Trio – Eros: Bridge, Grime, Eröd & Ginastera
Melody Moore, Stefan Pop, Carlo Montanaro – Puccini: Tosca
Ludovic Morlot, Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Messiaen: Des canyons aux etoiles…
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mutter’s Virtuosi – Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams
John Nelson, The English Concert & Choir – Handel: Messiah
Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Javier Perianes – Enrique Granados: Goyescas; El pelele
Sandrine Piau, Frank Braley, Eric Le Sage – Le Ruban Dénoué: Valses
Pat Posey – they/beast
Quatuor Arod – Debussy, Ravel, Attahir: String Quartets
Nemanja Radulovic, Double Sens – Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata No.9 “Kreutzer”
Roomful of Teeth – Rough Magic
François-Xavier Roth, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln – Bruckner 3
Christophe Rousset – Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge
Tony Rowe, Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Fry: Santa Claus Symphony
John Rutter, Manchester Camerata – John Rutter: Classical Tranquillity
Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton – but I like to sing …
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen – El cant de la Sibil·la, Draumkvedet
Jordi Savall,La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Steven Schick – Weather Systems II: Sound Lines – On Language and the Land
Mattias Schulstad – The Guitar Player
Seraphic Fire, James K. Bass – The Apple Tree: Christmas with Seraphic Fire
Rudolf Serkin – The Lost Tapes: Beethoven – Sonatas “Waldstein” & “Appassionata”
Anna Serova, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Roberto Molinelli – Walton: Cello Concerto (arr. for Viola); Molinelli: Viola Concerto ‘Lady Walton’s Garden’
Howard Shelley, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra – The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 86: Tellefsen, Kalkbrenner
Sean Shibe – Profesión
Sinta Quartet – Sinta Quartet Plays Beethoven: Op. 95, Op. 131, Op. 132
Martin Stadtfeld – Baroque Colours
Marina Staneva – Mompou: Piano Works
Dalia Stasevska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra – Leiviskä: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Timur and the Dime Museum, Isaura String Quartet – David T. Little: Black Lodge
Michael Torke – Sessions, 3 A.M.
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton – Briggs: Hail, gladdening Light
Trio Isimsiz – Brahms, Coll, Korngold
Trio Mediaeval – An Old Hall Ladymass
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers, David Holdhusen – Out of the Ashes
Valencia Baryton Project – Haydn: Baryton Trios – Treasures from the Esterháza Palace, Vol. 2
Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra – Mahler 8
Various Artists – Luke Bedford: In the Voices of the Living
Various Artists – Sirventès: Iranian Female Composers Association
Various Artists – Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain
Ollantay Velásquez, Simon Bolivar Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela – Huáscar Barradas: Four Elements – Immersive Symphony for Orchestra and Chorus
Verona Quartet – Ligeti: Complete String Quartets
VocalEssence Singers, Philip Brunelle – Tina Davidson: Hymn of the Universe
Voces8 – A Choral Christmas
Tanja Von Arx, Natalia González Figueroa – Claudia Montero: Suite de los Buenos Aires para Piano y Flauta
Franz Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Franz Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra – Alban Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite; Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Wigmore Soloists – Ferguson, Bliss, Holloway: Chamber Music
John Wilson – Rachmaninoff, Gershwin: Transcriptions by Earl Wild
