This past month, a couple of recordings stood out to our reviewers. One was a contemporary re-creation of a Baroque pastiche opera by Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel, who used arias from 25 different French operas by 16 composers to create a new one, with a plot oddly similar to that of the 1960s American TV show
Bewitched. Another was a riveting live recording of pianist Yuja Wang in Berlin. One more highlight was Thomas Zehetmair conducting a streamlined reading of the 1877 version of Bruckner's Symphony No. 3.
Anton Batagov -
Philip Glass: The Hours; Distant Figure
Bearthoven -
American Dream: Scott Wollschleger
Kristian Bezuidenhout -
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Hob. XVI:6, 20 & 48
Herbert Blomstedt, Gothenburg Symphony -
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2; Serenade
Blossom Street, Hilary Campbell -
This Day: Celebrating a Century of British Women's Right to Vote
Richard Bonynge, Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis -
Alfred Cellier: Dorothy
Julie Boulianne, Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Philippe Sly -
Fauré, Duruflé: Requiem
Ronald Brautigam -
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Sarah Beth Briggs -
Schumann: Papillons; Kinderszenen; Brahms: Opp. 117, 118
Federico Colli -
J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto; Partita IV; J.S. Bach/Busoni: Chaconne
Sandro De Palma -
Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 50, Nos. 2 and 3 'Didone abbandonata'; Op. 1, No. 3; Op. 8, No. 2
Fidelio Trio -
Fauré, Chausson, Satie: Piano Trios
David Fray, Emmanuel Christien, Jacques Rouvier, Audrey Vigoureux -
Bach: Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos
Edward Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra -
Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1 - Nos. 3, 5, and 8
Boris Giltburg -
Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante; La leggierezza; Rigoletto Paraphrase
Philippe Graffin, Claire Désert -
Fiddler's Blues: Ysaÿe, Ravel, Debussy, Enescu
Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen -
Shostakovich & Kabelevsky: Cello Sonatas; Prokofiev: Ballade
Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks -
Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 9
Leonore Piano Trio -
Parry: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 3; Partita for Violin and Piano
Paul Lewis -
Weber, Schubert: Sonatas
Juanjo Mena, BBC Philharmonic -
Arriaga: Overture to 'Los esclavos felices'; Herminie; Symphony in D minor; Air from 'Médée'; Overture in D major
Kent Nagano, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg -
Jörg Widmann: Arche
Natasha Paremski -
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Hersch: Tchaikovsky Variations
Jennifer Pike, Petr Limonov -
The Polish Violin
Prisma -
The Seasons: Works by Castello, Marinai, Merula, Uccellini...
Li-Wei Qin, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halász -
Russian Cello Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov
RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle -
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; En Saga
Jordi Savall, Hespèrion XXI -
Ibn Battuta: Le Voyaguer d'Islam, 1304-1377
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers -
Handel: Acis and Galatea
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset -
François Couperin: Les Nations
Will Todd, St. Martin’s Voices, The Will Todd Ensemble -
Will Todd: Passion Music; Jazz Missa Brevis
Trio Carducci -
Arensky: Piano Trios
Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra -
Mahler: 2 Resurrection
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg -
A Simple Song
Gottfried von der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester -
Corelli: Concerti Grossi; Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este
Yuja Wang -
The Berlin Recital
Katherine Watson, Karine Deshayes, Hervé Niquet -
L'Opéra des Opéras
Thomas Zehetmair, Musikkollegium Winterthur -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 D minor (Version 1877)