Recent Classical Highlights

When artists choose programs for their recitals or concerts and their recordings, they often focus on a type of music. For example, we reviewed Roderick Williams' Mirages: The Art of French Song and Ice Land: The Eternal Music by the Choir of Clare College this month. And then there are those that focus on one composer, such as the Catalyst Quartet and pianist Michelle Cann doing the chamber music of Florence B. Price. Similarly, there were a few new releases in honor of Philip Glass's 85th birthday, including the LGT Young Soloists (pictured above) doing his Symphony No. 14. Look for them all in our recent reviews.

Martin Achrainer, Maki Namekawa - Philip Glass: Songs
Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel - Haydn 2032, No. 11: Au goût Parisien
Juliane Banse, Narek Hakhnarzryan, Marin Alsop - Henze: Nachtstücke und Arien; Los Caprichos; Englische Liebeslieder
Martin James Bartlett, LGT Young Soloists, Alexander Gilman - Philip Glass: Symphony No. 14 "Liechtenstein Suite"; Piano Concerto No. 1 "Tirol"; Echorus
Lucile Boulanger - Solo: Bach, Abel
Catalyst Quartet, Michelle Cann - Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Dmitri Ensemble; Carolyn Sampson; Graham Ross - Ice Land: The Eternal Music – Sævarsson, Leifs, Thorvaldsdóttir
Le Consort - Specchio Veneziano
Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko - Raff: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano - Ruperto Chapí: String Quartets 3 & 4
Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton - Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Simone Dinnerstein - Undersong
Peter Donohoe - Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Volume 1
Lara Downes - Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered
Elsa Dreisig - Mozart x 3
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé - Michel-Richard de Lalande: Grand Motets - Dies Irae, Miserere, Veni Creator
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš - Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Elīna Garanča, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann - Live from Salzburg -- Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Marc-André Hamelin - CPE Bach: Sonatas & Rondos
Simon Johnson - B-A-C-H: Anatomy of a Motif
Leonidas Kavakos - Bach: Sei Solo
Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig - Beethoven: The Conquering Hero - Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Anneleen Lenaerts, Dimitri Mestdag, Storioni Trio, Olari Elts - Kalevi Aho: Double & Triple Concertos
Paul Lewis - Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119
Nikolai Lugansky - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest" & 23 "Appassionata"
Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra - Freedom Over Everything
Edgar Moreau - Transmission: Korngold, Bruch, Ravel
Mosaic Voices, Michael Etherton - Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory
Nico Muhly, San Francisco Symphony - Nico Muhly: Throughline
Nash Ensemble - Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Works
Marius Neset, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner - Marius Neset: Manmade; Windless; Every Little Step; A Day in the Sparrow's Life
Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Novus Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartets No. 3 & No. 8
Sakari Oramo, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Ravel: La Valse
Orlando Consort - The Florentine Renaissance
Andrew Penny, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - Coates: Springtime Suite
Sandrine Piau, Les Paladins, Jéróme Correas - Handel: Enchantresses
Aylen Pritchin, Maxim Emelyanychev - Brahms: Sonatas for Piano & Violin
Quatuor Modigliani - Schubert: The String Quartets
Pascal Rophé, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire - Debussy Orchestrated
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations - Beethoven Révolution: Symphonies 6 à 9
Gil Shaham, SWR Symphonie Orchester, Nicholas McGegan - Mozart: Violinkonzerte Nr. 1-5; Adagio KV 261; Rondo KV 373
Howard Shelley - Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 6
Chase Spruill - Philip Glass: A Common Time
La Tempéte, Simon-Pierre Bestion - Hypnos
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner 2
United Strings of Europe, Ruby Hughes, Julian Azkoul - Renewal: Marsh, Shaw, Golijov, Mendelssohn
Elena Urioste, Tom Poster - From Brighton to Brooklyn
Various Artists - Eric Nathan: Missing Words
John Williams, Berliner Philharmoniker - The Berlin Concert
Roderick Williams, Roger Vignoles - Mirages: The Art of French Song
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye; Boléro
Frank Peter Zimmermann - J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 1