Mar. 30, 2023
Each month here we try to point you to new releases that cover new music -- such as orchestral works by Missy Mazzoli -- or rarely heard or re-discovered music -- like the guitar works of Justin Holland, but there are always the warhorses of classical repertoire that deserve a little love also. Revered conductor Riccardo Chailly (pictured) chose some well-known choruses from Verdi's operas. Beethoven's complex late string quartets were recently recorded by the Calidore String Quartet. Enrico Dindo played Dvorák's lyrical solos in an album of music for cello and orchestra. The old standbys still have life in them.
Art Deco Trio - Classical Changes
Bach Aria Soloists - Le Dolce Sirene
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Manchester Camaerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy - Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 7
Mary Bevan - Visions Illuminées
Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Mystery Sonatas
Katelyn Bouska - Women and War and Peace
Calidore String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late Quartets
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas - A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry's Court: Christmas 1400, London
Thibault Cauvin - Bach
Cello8 - Ode à la nuit
Riccardo Chailly, La Scala Theater Chorus & Orchestra - Verdi Choruses
Fabrizio Chiovetta - Schumann: Fantasie; Arabeske; Kinderszenen
Seong-Jin Cho - The Handel Project
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón - Handel: Solomon
Het Collectief - Transfigurations: Schönberg, Berg
Enrico Dindo, Orchestra della Toscana, Daniele Rustioni - Dvorák: Cello Concerto Op. 104; Rondo Op. 94; Klid - Waldesruhe Op. 68 No. 5; Laßt mich allein - Lie
Veronika Eberle, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Violin Concerto with new cadenzas by Jörg Widmann
Mark Elder, Hallé - Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano - Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919); Ravel: Bolero
JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 2
Isabelle Faust, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth - Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Chamber Works
Boris Giltburg, Vasily Petrenko - Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Raphaela Gromes, Lucerne Festival Strings - Femmes
HK Gruber, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Kurt Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Der Silbersee excerpts
François-Frederic Guy - Chopin: Secret Garden
Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes - British Cello Works, Vol. 2
Haymarket Opera Company - Saint-Georges: L'Amant Anonyme
Eldbjørg Hemsing, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra - Artic
Peter Herresthal, Arctic Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
Holland Baroque - Bachs Königin
Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Victor Julien-Laferrière, Orchestre Consuelo - Brahms: Sérénades
Ji Su Jung, Katherine Needleman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Kevin Puts: The City; Marimba Concerto; Moonlight
Walter Klien, Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453; Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
Alexis Kossenko - Walckiers, L'iconoclaste: Chamber Works
Nikolai Lugansky - Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux; 3 Pieces
Cristian Macelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Dance Suite
Christopher Mallett - Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements
Martinu Quartet, Ludmila Peterková, Jan Dušek - David Post: Concertino a Cinque; Piano Quintet
Mivos Quartet- Steve Reich: The String Quartets
Susan Narucki, Donald Berman - This Island
Niu Niu - Lifetime
Phantasm - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort III
Sandrine Piau, David Kadouch - Voyage intime
Sandrine Piau, Julien Prégardien, Andrew Parrott - Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Die verstellte Gärtnerin
Markus Poschner, Bruckner Orchester Linz - Bruckner: Symphony #8 (1887 Version)
Quatuor Van Kuijk - Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud - Marin Marais
David Reiland, Orchestre National de Metz - Betsy Jolas, Mel Bonis, Lili Boulanger, Augusta Holmès: Poètesses Symphoniques
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot - Le Concert des Oiseaux
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel - Les Heures Claires: Nadia & Lili Boulanger - The Complete Songs
Soloists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Claudio Santoro: Fantasias Sul América; Sonata for Solo Violin
Randall Scotting, Stephen Stubbs - Lovesick
Charlie Siem, Itamar Golan - Vaughan Williams, Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Barnaby Smith - Bach
Arabella Steinbacher - Bach & Pärt
Marek Štilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Yevgeny Sudbin - Romeo and Juliet: Tchaikovsky on the Piano
Tasto Solo - Eros & Subtilitas: Capricci, Madrigali e Danze in Dialogo
Trio Gaspard - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 2; Leonid Gorokhov: For Gaspard
Elina Vähälä, Jonathan Roozeman, Kymi Sinfonietta, Olari Elts - Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto 2; Cello Concerto 2
Gottfried von der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5
Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton - Befreit: A Soul Surrendered
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Howells: Concerto for String Orchestra; Delius: Late Swallows; Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Cecilia Zilliacus, Christian Ihle Hadland, Stephen Fitpatrick - Saint-Saëns: Sonatas pour Violon et Piano
Art Deco Trio - Classical Changes
Bach Aria Soloists - Le Dolce Sirene
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Manchester Camaerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy - Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 7
Mary Bevan - Visions Illuminées
Amandine Beyer, Gli Incogniti - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Mystery Sonatas
Katelyn Bouska - Women and War and Peace
Calidore String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late Quartets
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas - A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry's Court: Christmas 1400, London
Thibault Cauvin - Bach
Cello8 - Ode à la nuit
Riccardo Chailly, La Scala Theater Chorus & Orchestra - Verdi Choruses
Fabrizio Chiovetta - Schumann: Fantasie; Arabeske; Kinderszenen
Seong-Jin Cho - The Handel Project
Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Millenium Orchestra, Leonardo García Alarcón - Handel: Solomon
Het Collectief - Transfigurations: Schönberg, Berg
Enrico Dindo, Orchestra della Toscana, Daniele Rustioni - Dvorák: Cello Concerto Op. 104; Rondo Op. 94; Klid - Waldesruhe Op. 68 No. 5; Laßt mich allein - Lie
Veronika Eberle, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Violin Concerto with new cadenzas by Jörg Widmann
Mark Elder, Hallé - Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano - Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919); Ravel: Bolero
JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 2
Isabelle Faust, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth - Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Chamber Works
Boris Giltburg, Vasily Petrenko - Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Raphaela Gromes, Lucerne Festival Strings - Femmes
HK Gruber, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Kurt Weill: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Der Silbersee excerpts
François-Frederic Guy - Chopin: Secret Garden
Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes - British Cello Works, Vol. 2
Haymarket Opera Company - Saint-Georges: L'Amant Anonyme
Eldbjørg Hemsing, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra - Artic
Peter Herresthal, Arctic Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
Holland Baroque - Bachs Königin
Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Victor Julien-Laferrière, Orchestre Consuelo - Brahms: Sérénades
Ji Su Jung, Katherine Needleman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Kevin Puts: The City; Marimba Concerto; Moonlight
Walter Klien, Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453; Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
Alexis Kossenko - Walckiers, L'iconoclaste: Chamber Works
Nikolai Lugansky - Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux; 3 Pieces
Cristian Macelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Dance Suite
Christopher Mallett - Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements
Martinu Quartet, Ludmila Peterková, Jan Dušek - David Post: Concertino a Cinque; Piano Quintet
Mivos Quartet- Steve Reich: The String Quartets
Susan Narucki, Donald Berman - This Island
Niu Niu - Lifetime
Phantasm - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort III
Sandrine Piau, David Kadouch - Voyage intime
Sandrine Piau, Julien Prégardien, Andrew Parrott - Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Die verstellte Gärtnerin
Markus Poschner, Bruckner Orchester Linz - Bruckner: Symphony #8 (1887 Version)
Quatuor Van Kuijk - Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud - Marin Marais
David Reiland, Orchestre National de Metz - Betsy Jolas, Mel Bonis, Lili Boulanger, Augusta Holmès: Poètesses Symphoniques
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot - Le Concert des Oiseaux
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel - Les Heures Claires: Nadia & Lili Boulanger - The Complete Songs
Soloists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Claudio Santoro: Fantasias Sul América; Sonata for Solo Violin
Randall Scotting, Stephen Stubbs - Lovesick
Charlie Siem, Itamar Golan - Vaughan Williams, Grieg: Violin Sonatas
Barnaby Smith - Bach
Arabella Steinbacher - Bach & Pärt
Marek Štilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Yevgeny Sudbin - Romeo and Juliet: Tchaikovsky on the Piano
Tasto Solo - Eros & Subtilitas: Capricci, Madrigali e Danze in Dialogo
Trio Gaspard - Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 2; Leonid Gorokhov: For Gaspard
Elina Vähälä, Jonathan Roozeman, Kymi Sinfonietta, Olari Elts - Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto 2; Cello Concerto 2
Gottfried von der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3-5
Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton - Befreit: A Soul Surrendered
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Howells: Concerto for String Orchestra; Delius: Late Swallows; Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Cecilia Zilliacus, Christian Ihle Hadland, Stephen Fitpatrick - Saint-Saëns: Sonatas pour Violon et Piano