The highlights of this month’s new evaluations appear to be primarily vocal releases, with a variety of types. Antonio Pappano, identified for his opera conducting, leads a unprecedented dwell recording of Mendelssohn’s monumental oratorio Elijah. The ladies of the Corvus Consort (pictured) are joined by Louise Thomson for a wide range of works particularly for feminine voices and harp. Conductor John Wilson follows within the footsteps of John Mauceri in re-constructing older musical, presenting an entire efficiency of Roger & Hammerstein’s Carousel. If you’re in search of instrumental music, there are many worthwhile decisions right here additionally.
Alamire, David Skinner, Stephen Farr, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts – William Byrd: The Nice Service; English Anthems
Argento New Music Mission, Ensemble Dal Niente, Moist Ink – Andile Khumalo: Tracing Hole Traces
Claudio Arrau – Chopin: The Full Nocturnes and Impromptus
Choir of Trinity Wall Road, Artefact Ensemble – Benedict Sheehan: Akathist
Yulianna Avdeeva – Chopin: Voyage
Sophie de Bardonnèche – Destinées
Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra – Mozart: The Full Piano Concertos
Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk – Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
Célia Oneto Bensaid, Héloïse Luzzati, Shuichi Okada, Tanguy de Williencourt – Rita Strohl: Vol. 2, Musique de chambre
Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel – Cello Goals: Berceuses pour violoncelle et piano
Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling, Ligeti Quartet – The Previous & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy
Fabrice Bollon, Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe, The Lily’s Mission – Mussorgsky: Sorochintsï Honest; Salammbô Suite
Claire Sales space, Ensemble 360 – Pierrot Portraits
Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Anthony Payne: Visions and Journeys
Ronald Brautigam – Franz Schubert: Sonatas in A serious, D 959 & B flat main, D 960
Lawrence Brownlee, Carlo Rizzi – Donizetti: Songs Vol. 1
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull – Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria zart
Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven: The Center Quartets
Pablo Heras-Casado, Anima Eterna Orchestra – Anton Bruckner: 4
Castalian Quartet, Natalie Clein, Danny Driver – Brian Elias: Music for Strings
Chloe Chua, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago, Singapore Symphony Orchestra – Butterfly Lovers & Paganini
Corvus Consort, Louise Thomson – Welcome Pleasure: A Celebration of Ladies’s Voices
Anne Le Bozec, Marc Mauillon, Denis Raisin Dadre, Doulce Mémoire – Ronsard et la musique: Cueillez, cueillez votyre jeunesse!
Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances – André Campra: Messe de Requiem
Grace Davidson, George Herbert – Rodrigo Ruiz: Venus & Adonis – A Tune Cycle after Shakespeare
Romain Descharmes, Michael Halász – Fauré: Ballade, Op. 19; Fantaisie, Op. 111; Poulenc: Piano Concerto; Aubade
Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi – Rameau: Les Boréades
Romain Dumas, Orchestre Nationwide du Capitole de Toulouse – Jacques Offenbach: La Vie parisienne – Model Authentic Inétral 1866
Choral Students of College School Dublin, Desmond Earley, Solstice Ensemble – Chamber Music by James Joyce, Vol. 1
Christoph Eß, Sonja Gornik, Christopher Ward – Golden Horizon: Works for Horn and Orchestra by Richard Strauss
Alice Farnham, BBC Live performance Orchestra, BBC Singers – Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen
Kathleen Ferrier – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Three Rückert Lieder
Vilde Frang, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati – Elgar: Violin Concerto
Richard Galliano – Round Gershwin
Janna Gandelman, Laia Martín – Catalan Violin Works
Stewart Goodyear, Andrew Litton, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3; Piano Sonata No. 7
Raphaela Gromes, Volodymyr Sirenko, Nationwide Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine – Dvorák: Cello Concerto
Marc-André Hamelin – Beethoven: Hammerklavier – Piano Sonatas Op 106 & Op 2 No 3
Eldbjørg Hemsing, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Anders Hillborg: Violin Concerto No. 2; Liquid Marble
Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini – Orazio Benevoli: Missa Benevola for 4 Choirs; Carissimi: Jephte
Fenella Humphreys, BBC Philharmonic, Michael Seal – Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto
Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Tod und Verklärung; Metamorphosen
Jonas Kaufmann – Puccini: Love Affairs
Carlos Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker – Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Erich Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker – Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Igor Levit, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann – Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Late Piano Works
Yuri Liberzon, Piotr Pakhomkin – Piazzolla: Music for Guitar
Daniel Lozakovich, Mikhail Pletnev – Grieg, Franck, Shor-Pletnev, Shostakovich
Alexander Melnikov – Shostakovich: The Preludes & Fugues
Simone Menezes, Ensemble Okay – Rimsky-Koraskov: Scheherazade, a Story
Ingo Metzmacher, SWR Symphonieorchester – Igor Strawinski: Symphonien für Blasinstrumente; Agon; Variationen ‘Aldous Huxley in Memoriam’; Symphonie in C
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ivor Bolton – Unplayed Tales … in 40 Fingers
Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Elijah
Pene Pati, Bordeaux Aquitaine Nationwide Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume – Nessun dorma
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Huw Montague Rendall – Contemplation
Siwan Rhys – Letting the Gentle In
Reduce Circle, Jesse Rodin – Josquin: I. Motets et chansons
Mari Samuelsen – Life
Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin, Franco Corelli, La Scala Theater Orchestra – Bellini: Norma [1960 Studio]
Grigory Sokolov – Purcell & Mozart
Marek Štilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra – Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7
Teresa Stratas, Pierre Boulez – Berg: Lulu
Christiane Libor, Michael Weinius, Derek Welton, Joseph Swensen – Wagner/Swensen: Ring Odyssey
Neil Thomson, Emmanuele Baldini, Pedro Bittencourt, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra – Claudio Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6
Trio Bohémo – Smetana, Schubert: Piano Trios
Varied Artists – Kaija Saariaho: Maan Varjot; Chateau de l’Âme; True Fireplace; Offrande
Verdi Quartet – Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Full String Quartets
Wojciech Waleczek – Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum
Xiayin Wang, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Gernon – Schurmann: Piano Concerto; Gaudiana; Man within the Sky; Romancing the Strings
Judith van Wanroij, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Julien Chauvin – Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Sarah Willis, Sarahbanda – Sarahbanda
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
