Andrew Litton / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustav Holst: The Planets; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Holst's The Planets and Elgar's Enigma Variations are paired on this vivid hybrid SACD from BIS.
Andrey Gugnin
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes Op. 34; Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2
Gugnin presents a portrait of Shostakovich that explores his early avant-garde phase, and his piano music after the Soviet's ban.
András Schiff
Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus
Superbly detailed Schubert on an 1820 fortepiano.
Anne Laver
Reflections of Light
Anne Laver plays a recital of organ music that approaches the concept of celestial light from different perspectives.
Beatrice Rana
Ravel: Miroirs; La Valse; Stravinsky: Petrushka; The Firebird
Breathtakingly virtuosic yet sensitive performances of these early 20th century standards.
Callum Armstrong / Barnaby Brown / Stef Conner
Apollo & Dionysus: Sounds from Classical Antiquity
The final volume in Delphian's European Music Archaeology Project offers fragments and reconstructions of ancient Greek music.
Carolina Eyck
Elegies for Theremin & Voice
A groundbreaking treatment of the theremin by Carolina Eyck, who mixes it with her own voice.
Christopher Jacobson / Kazuki Yamada
Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Widor
Christopher Jacobsen plays organ favorites by Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, and Widor in this organ extravaganza from the audiophile label Pentatone.
Claudio Abbado / Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Bruckner I/IX
Claudio Abbado's critically acclaimed live recordings of Bruckner's First and Ninth Symphonies are paired in this 2019 package from Accentus.
Cédric Tiberghien
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Troisième Année & Other Late Piano Works
Cédric Tiberghien reveals a strong aptitude for the late piano works of Franz Liszt in the Années de pélerinage, troisîème année and other pieces.
Daniel Lozakovich / Stanislav Soloviev / National Philharmonic of Russia
None but the Lonely Heart
Sensational Tchaikovsky performed by the young violinist Daniel Lozakovich.
Danish String Quartet
Prism II: Beethoven, Schnittke, Bach
Awe-inspiring performances reflect on the fugue and its continuing significance, with a blistering performance of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge.
Derek Jacobi / Septura
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker arranged for Brass Septet
Not only a vivid reduction of Tchaikovsky's score but a novel presentation with text by one of the septet's members.
Dina Ugorskaja / Peter Gülke / Brandenburger Symphoniker
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15; Intermezzi Op. 117
Deliberate, beautifully detailed reading of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1.
Elizabeth Kenny
Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo
Elizabeth Kenny's recital of old and new works for theorbo reveals its potential beyond its historical use as a basso continuo instrument.
Emmanuelle Bertrand
Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cello Suites
Emmanuelle Bertrand gives spontaneous performances of Bach's Cello Suites, playing an early 18th century cello with a Baroque bow.
Franz Halász
J.S. Bach: The Lute Suites
Superb, highly dramatic readings of Bach's lute suites on guitar.
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François-Xavier Roth / Les Siècles
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique [2019]
The distinctive sonorities of Les Siècles' early Romantic instruments make Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Les Francs-Juges burst with color.
Freek Borstlap / Spirit of Gambo
John Jenkins: Consort Music for Viols in Five Parts
The Fantasies in Five Parts by English composer John Jenkins receive polished performances by the Netherlandish viol consort, The Spirit of Gambo.
Gabriel Feltz / Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Gabriel Feltz and the Stuttgart Philharmonic present a unified and powerful reading of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection").
Garrick Ohlsson
Brahms: Clavierstücke; Fantasias; Intermezzos
Magisterial Brahms from a giant of American pianism.
Hermitage Piano Trio
Rachmaninoff
The Hermitage Piano Trio presents Rachmaninoff's piano trios in exceptional multichannel sound provided by Reference Recordings.
Jennifer Pike / Petr Limonov
The Polish Violin
Densely expressive chamber works by Szymanowski and others, played with passionate commitment.
John Eliot Gardiner / London Symphony Orchestra
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4
An all-Schumann program that may surprise some listeners is presented live by John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Kirill Gerstein / Semyon Bychkov / Czech Philharmonic
The Tchaikovsky Project: Complete Symphonies, Orchestral Works, Complete Piano Concertos
Semyon Bychkov's The Tchaikovsky Project includes the six numbered symphonies, the three piano concertos, and other orchestral works.
Klenke-Quartett
Mozart: String Quartets
The Klenke-Quartett's recordings of Mozart's "Haydn" Quartets and "Prussian" Quartets have been reissued in five-CD set.
Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset
François Couperin: Les Nations
Superb, sensuous performances of Couperin's set that claimed to evoke national styles.
Lucie Horsch / Bojan Čičić / Academy of Ancient Music
Baroque Journey
A thoroughly impressive Baroque program from the Netherlands' teenage recorder prodigy.
Manfred Honeck / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra deliver a powerful performance of Bruckner's most deeply religious symphony.
Masaaki Suzuki / Bach Collegium Japan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Following their 2018 Missa Solemnis recording, Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan present Beethoven's Ninth in a lean and focused performance.
Masaaki Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3: Passacaglia in C minor
For his third volume of Bach's organ music on BIS, Masaaki Suzuki plays the Gottfried Silbermann organ at Freiberg Cathedral.
Maurizio Pollini
Chopin: Nocturnes Op. 55; Mazurkas Op. 56; Berceuse Op. 57; Sonata Op. 58
Pollini's chronological approach yields fresh insights from the great Chopin interpreter.
Myung-Whun Chung / Staatskapelle Dresden
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur Op. 55 "Eroica"
Myung-Whun Chung leads the Staatskapelle Dresden in a bracing performance of Beethoven's monumental and influential "Eroica" Symphony.
Olivier Latry
Bach to the Future
Brilliant organ recording that was the last one made at Notre-Dame cathedral before the fire of 2019.
Osmo Vänskä / Minnesota Orchestra
Mahler 1
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra deliver an exceptional performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major.
Pauline Kim Harris / Spencer Topel
Heroine
Pauline Kim Harris and Spencer Topel have created two ambient works that suggest the infinite through acoustic and electronic means.
Pavel Kolesnikov
Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas
Pavel Kolesnikov performs a collection of Chopin's short piano pieces, paying close attention to details and musical proportions.
Peter Eötvös
Peter Eötvös: Gliding - Four Works for Symphonic Orchestra
Péter Eötvös leads the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in performances of his orchestral works composed between 2002 and 2017.
Pierre Hantaï
Scarlatti: Sonates, 6
Continuing his series of Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas for Mirare, Pierre Hantaï's sixth volume reveals many surprises.
Riccardo Chailly / Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Tod Und Verklärung; Till Eulenspiegel; Salome's Dance
Riccardo Chailly leads the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in vivid performances of Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra and other tone poems.
Rinaldo Alessandrini / Concerto Italiano
Johann Bach: Ouvertures for Orchestra
Orchestral suites by Johann Sebastian Bach and two of his second cousins receive period performances from Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano
Sandrine Piau / Julien Chauvin
Si j'ai Aimé
Sublime recording from Piau of French mélodies, familiar and new, with period instruments.
Stenhammar Quartet
Debussy, Tailleferre, Ravel
The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel bookend the single quartet of Germaine Tailleferre on this hybrid SACD from the Stenhammar Quartet.
Takács Quartet / Marc-André Hamelin
Dohnányi: Piano Quintets; String Quartet No. 2
Unjustly neglected works by Bartók's Brahmsian predecessor are given superb performances here.
Thomas Zehetmair
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sei Solo - The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
Thomas Zehetmair revisits Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, using two Baroque instruments to capitalize on their different sonorities.
Thomas Zehetmair / Musikkollegium Winterthur
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 D minor (Version 1877)
Thomas Zehetmair takes Bruckner's Third at a brisk clip and delivers a clear-headed and clean performance with Musikkollegium Winterthur.
Trio Zimmermann
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, violist Antoine Tamestit, and cellist Christian Poltéra explore Bach's Goldberg Variations in a fresh transcription.
Vladimir Feltsman
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurki
Vladimir Feltsman explores the private world of Chopin's mazurkas while communicating a sense of directness and sophistication.
Wei Luo
Wei Luo
The latest American-trained Chinese sensation has a really distinctive way with Russian music.
