credit: Dario Acosta
Sep. 2, 2025
The highlights of past month's releases were dominated by eastern European and French music. Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir newest recording of Arvo Pärt's Berliner Messe is distinctive; as is an album of large orchestral works by Valentin Silvestrov conducted by Christopher Lyndon-Gee, one of Russian cello sonatas performed by Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, and Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues played by Yulianna Avdeeva. Quatuor Debussy and vibraphonist Franck Tortiller continue the Ravel tributes with a jazzed-up interpretation of Le Tombeau de Couperin. A contemporary of Ravel, Marcel Tournier, is not as well-known, but harpist Emmanuel Ceysson (pictured), gives us a great introduction to his music. Discover more in our current batch of reviews.
Claudio Arrau - The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals: Pasadena, California, USA, 1977, 1981 & 1986
Yulianna Avdeeva - Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
Maya Beiser - Salt
Black Oak Ensemble - Dance of the Night Sky
Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau - Brahms, Wolf: Lieder
Douglas Bostock, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim - British Music for Strings IV
Félicien Brut - L'Accordéoniste: Préludes, Valses & Envols
Camerata Øresund - In Wilhelmine's footsteps: Music of the Bayreuth Court
Karina Canellakis, Edward Gardner, Dima Slobodeniouk, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Tania León: Horizons; Raíces (Origins); Stride; Pasajes
Cantus - Fields of Wonder
Emmanuel Ceysson, Véronique Gens, Quatuor Voce - Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier
Alpesh Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2; Marche slave; The Storm; Entr'acte, Waltz, and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Chiaroscuro Quartet - Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33/4-6
Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf - Mozart: Violin Concertos
Bojan Čičić, Illyria Consort - Heinrich Biber: Violin Sonatas - 1681
Fanny Clamagirand, Han Chen, Malmö Opera Orchestra, John Jeter - Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Piano Concerto in One Movement; Dances in the Canebrakes
Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo - Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) HWV248, 249b, 251b, 256a
Warwick Cole, Corelli Orchestra - William Hayes: Instrumental Music
Manfred Cordes, Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble - Musik der Hansestädte, Vol. 3: Musik aus dem alten Magdeburg
Cuarteto Casals - Dmitri Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 6-12
Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Philharmonic - King of Kings: J.S. Bach
Jan Willem de Vriend, NDR Radiophilharmonie - Emilie Mayer: Symphonies 4 & 6
Samantha Ege - Maestra: Julia Perry & Doreen Carwithen - Concertos
Olari Elts, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris
Ensemble Modern, Halle Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan Morton - Hannah Kendall: Shouting Forever into the Receiver
Raphaël Feuillâtre - Spanish Serenades
Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, Matilda Lloyd - Radiant Dawn
Morta Grigaliunaite - Rautavaara: Complete Piano Works
Owain Arwel Hughes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Welsh Music for Strings
Léo Ispir, Luka Ispir - Ispir
John Jeter, Sara Swietlicki, Lindsay Grace Johnson, Jonas Samuelsson - Florence Beatrice Price: Choral Works
Sean Jones, Nicholas Phan, Joseph Young - Joel Puckett: Short Stories in London
Tonu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Concerto Copenhagen - Arvo Pärt: Lente
Parry Karp, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods - Ernest Bloch: Schelomo (Solomon) Hebraic Rhapsody; Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Christina Landshamer, Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, Justin Doyle, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Ludwig Mittelhammer - Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1
Will Liverman - The Dunbar/Moore Sessions: Complete Collection
Julieth Lozano Rolong, João Araújo - Alma: Ibero-American Songs
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Janusz Wawrowski, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra - Silvestrov: Symphony No. 8; Violin Concerto
Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris - Berlioz, Ravel
Jaime Martín, Gävle Symphony Orchestra - Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Böcklin; Romantic Suite
Blair McMillen - Peter Scott Lewis: Pacific Triptych
Alexander Melnikov, Julia Lezhneva - Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations; Romances
Choir of Merton College, Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas; Britten Sinfonia - Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow; Elgar; Ireland; Stanford; Walton; Wesley
Miró Quartet, Kiera Duffy - Ginastera: String Quartets
Ikuyo Nakamichi, Ensemble Amideo, Michiyoshi Inoue - The Last Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23
Susan Narucki, Curtis Macomber - György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments
New York Polyphony - Sky of My Heart
Onyx Brass, John Wilson - Transatlantic
Sakari Oramo, BBC Synphony Orchestra - Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2, Piano Concerto, Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra
Andreas Ottensamer, José Gallardo - Romanza
Evren Ozel, Jan Mrácek, Howard Griffiths - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jenamy" KV 271 & 12 KV 414; Violin Concerto No. 2 KV 211
Alexandra Papastefanou - J.S. Bach: The English Suites
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - Just Biber
Karen Bentley Pollick, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams - Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1: Three Violin Concertos
Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia - Clive Osgood: English Folksongs
Quatuor Debussy, Franck Tortiller - Ravels: Quatuor à cordes; Ma mère l'oye; Les danses de Ravel
La Reveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot - London Circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & Friends
Christophe Rousset - François Couperin: Portraits
Tamar Sagiv - Shades of Mourning
Dario Salvi, Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava - Marschner: Overtures and Stage Music, Vol. 3
Konstantin Scherbakov - Liszt: Mozart and Donizetti Opera Transcriptions
Zina Schiff, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Avlana Eisenberg, Valerie Stark - Alan Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2; Works for Violin and Piano
Andrè Schuen - Mozart
Elena Schwarz, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2; Illustration symphonique pour Pogromes d'André Spire; La Mise au tombeau du Titien
Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"
Julia Sinclair, Marijn Cinjee - Wind Takes Flight: Hildegard x Electronics
Tugan Sokhiev, Wiener Philharmoniker - Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2025
Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez - Sparks from Ashes
Curtis Stewart, Michael Repper - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Curtis Stewart - Seasons of Change
Synergy Vocals, Colin Currie Group, New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden - Steve Reich: Jacob's Lader; Traveler's Prayer
Marcel Tadokoro - Adolf von Henselt: Complete Piano Études
Telegraph Quartet - Edge of the Storm: Bacewicz, Britten, Weinberg
Tenebrae, Nigel Short -
Alexandre Tharaud - Satie Discoveries
Nobuyuki Tsujii - The Verbier Debut Recital
Vilém Vlcek, Denis Linnik - Bohuslav Martinů: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano
Xuefei Yang - Chapeau Satie
Zéphyros Winds - Desert Pass