There are a few recordings among those we reviewed in June that evoke the changing of the seasons, appropriately enough as we headed from Spring into Summer in the northern hemisphere. Pablo Heras-Casado has just recorded all of Schumann's symphonies, of which the first is nicknamed "Spring." The title track of a disc of the music of William Grant Still is the pastoral Summerland for violin and orchestra. Albéniz's Iberia, performed by Nelson Goerner, paints a musical picture of the sunny peninsula and its culture. These are just a sampling of a much wider variety of releases we covered.
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano -
Vivaldi: 12 Concertos Op. 3 L'estro armonico; Bach: Keyboard Arrangements
Arabella String Quartet -
Saint-Georges: Six Concertante Quartets
Arcadia Quartet -
Weinberg, Vol. 2: String Quartets Nos. 1, 7, and 11
Paul Bateman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -
Oliver Davis: Air
Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante -
Opera in Musica: Carlo Monza Quartets
Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester -
Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4
Le Caravansérail, Emmanuelle de Negri, Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, Bertrand Cuiller -
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Other Works
Riccardo Chailly, Filarmonica della Scala -
Musa Italiana: Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart
Alice Coote, Julius Drake -
Schubert: 21 Songs
Ana de la Vega, Paul Rivinius -
My Paris
Mark Elder, Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder, Lyn Fletcher -
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica; Symphony No. 9; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1; The Lark Ascending
Epiphoni Consort, Tim Reader -
Precious Things: Choral Music by Bernard Hughes
Shiva Feshareki -
Shiva Feshareki: Turning World
Fretwork -
Thomas Lupo: Fantasia
Nelson Goerner -
Albéniz: Iberia
Samuel Hasselhorn, Joseph Middleton -
Schubert: Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe
Pablo Heras-Casado, Münchner Philharmoniker -
Schumann: The Complete Symphonies
René Jacobs -
J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
René Jacobs, Christian Immler, Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie -
Weber: Der Freischütz
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective -
Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet; Piano Trio; Piano Quintet
Jonas Kaufmann -
The Tenor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Joonas Ahonen -
Le Monde selon George Antheil
Kronos Quartet, Van-Anh Vanessa Vo, Rinde Eckert -
Jonathan Berger: Mỹ Lai
Dong Hyek Lim -
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.959 & 960
Lincoln Trio -
Trios from Contemporary Chicago
Lorelei Ensemble, Beth Willer -
James Kallembach: Antigone
Samuel Mariño, La Cetra, Andrea Marcon -
Sopranista
Ariane Matiakh, Sinfonieorchester Basel -
Charles Koechlin: The Seven Stars' Symphony; Vers la voûte étoilées
Viktoria Mullova, Alasdair Beatson -
Schubert
Música Ficta -
Si a la Muerte imita el Sueño: Tonos Humanos de José Marín
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams -
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2; Selected Film Themes
Jakub Józef Orliński, Michał Biel -
Farewells
Lisette Oropesa, René Barbera, Daniel Oren -
Verdi: La Traviata
Steven Osborne -
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1; Moments Musicaux
Pavel Haas Quartet, Boris Giltburg, Pavel Nikl -
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34; String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
Dylan Perez -
Samuel Barber: The Complete Songs
Violette Polchi, Sheva Tehoval, Pierre Dumoussaud -
Jacques Offenbach: Le Voyage dans la Lune
Simon Rattle, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Chris Richards, London Symphony Orchestra -
Nazareno: Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov
Jacob Reuven, Sinfonietta Leipzig, Omer Meir Wellber -
Vivaldi & Piazzolla: The Mandolin Seasons
Mark Rohde, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin -
Emilie Mayer: Overtures D major, D minor, C major; Faust Overture Op. 46; Sinfonie militair No. 3 C major
Steven Schick -
Weather Systems I: A Hard Rain
Zina Schiff, Avlana Eisenberg, Royal Scottish National Orchestra -
William Grant Still: Summerland
Florian Sempey, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski -
Rameau: Nouvelle Symphonie
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers -
A Meditation: St John Henry Newman
Nicky Spence, Christopher Glynn -
Schubert: The Fair Maid of the Mill
Cédric Tiberghien, Stéphane Degout, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth -
Ravel: Concertos pour piano, Mélodies
Jan Vogler, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber -
Pop Songs
Alisa Weilerstein, Inon Barnatan -
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas
John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, New York Philharmonic -
A Gathering of Friends
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London -
John Ireland: Orchestral Works
See Siang Wong, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Philipp von Steinaecker -
Mozart Minore: Piano Concertos No. 2o K.466, No. 24 K.491, Adagio K.540
Xuefei Yang, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell -
Magna Carta: The Complete Works for Guitar of John Brunning