Aug. 1, 2016
Several of the recordings reviewed by our editors this past month acknowledge anniversaries or birthdays. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra summarizes 125 years of history in a concise 22 tracks, while the Bamberger Symphoniker created a multi-disc box for its 70th anniversary. Pianist Martha Argerich's 75th birthday is being commemorated with several box sets throughout the year, including her complete Chopin recordings for Deutsche Grammophon. Finally, there are a couple of recordings of music of Steve Reich, who turns 80 this year. Let's celebrate!
Blair Sanderson
Martha Argerich - Chopin: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Bamberger Symphoniker - Bamberg Symphony: The First 70 Years
Richard Boothby - William Lawes: Pieces for the Lyra Viol
Pietro de Maria - Fano: Piano Sonata in E; Quattro Fantasie
Eco dell'Anima - Dance Suites and Sonatas of Jean-Féry Rebel
Ensemble Meridiana - Les Voyages de l'Amour
Matt Haimovitz, Itamar Golan, Miró Quartet - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & String Quintet
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Emmanuel Krivine, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg - Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau
Richard Lester, Elizabeth Lester - A Musical Journey Around Europe
Ludovic Morlot, Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: La boîte à joujoux
Dan Laurin, Anna Paradiso - J.H. Roman: The 12 Flute Sonatas Nos. 6-12
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2 and 5
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - 125 Years of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Gabriella Sborgi, Alessandro Maria Carnelli - Towards Verklärte Nacht: Schoenberg, Bach, Brahms, Zemlinsky, Berg
José Serebrier, Cho-Liang Lin, Hila Plitmann, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Xiaogang Ye: Symphony No. 3 'Chu'; The Last Paradise
Masaaki Suzuki, Tapiola Sinfonietta - Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Apollon Musagète; Concerto in D for Strings
Various Artists - Music for a Royal Occasion: 90th Birthday Celebration for Her Majesty
Various Artists - Gustav Mahler Edition
James Manheim
Allegri Quartet - String Quartets by Alec Roth
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra, Jeannette Sorrell - Telemann: Don Quixote and other Suites & Concertos
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Mats Lidström, Ada Meinich - Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Viola Sonata
Alessio Bax - Lullabies for Mila
Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits - Shostakovich, Glazunov
Julian Bliss, Carducci Quartet - David Bruce: Gumboots; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Erik Bosgraaf, Cordevento - G. Ph. Telemann: Complete Suites and Concertos for Recorder
James Buswell, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar - Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto; Köçeckçe - Dance Rhapsody
Arthur Butterworth - Arthur Butterworth: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Lucille Chung - Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo
Allan Clayton - Where'er You Walk
Crash Ensemble, Paul Hillier - Barry Meets Beethoven
Wolfgang Dörner, Orchestre de Cannes - Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Overtures, Vol. 1
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman - Steve Reich: Double Sextet; Radio Rewrite
Francoise-Green Piano Duo - Games, Chorales and Fantasy
Patrick Gallois, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice- Michael Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Pablo González, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra - Granados: Dante; La nit del mort; Intermezzo from Goyescas
Janoska Ensemble - Janoska Style
Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Hymns from King's
LSO Percussion Ensemble - Steve Reich: Sextet; Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood
Filippo Mineccia - Attilio Ariosti: London - Arias for Alto
Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Debussy: The Edgar Allan Poe Operas
John Neschling, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège - Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica; Belfagor Overture
Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Choir of Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees - Carols from Queen's
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough - English Romantic Madrigals
John Storgårds, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
John Storgårds, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Various Artists - Colin Matthews: Violin Concerto; Cortège; Cello Concerto No. 2
Various Artists - Purcell Songs Realised by Britten
Mathias Vidal, Véronique Gens, Ulf Schirmer - Charles Gounod: Cinq-Mars
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker - Alonso Lobo: Lamentations
Blair Sanderson
Martha Argerich - Chopin: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Bamberger Symphoniker - Bamberg Symphony: The First 70 Years
Richard Boothby - William Lawes: Pieces for the Lyra Viol
Pietro de Maria - Fano: Piano Sonata in E; Quattro Fantasie
Eco dell'Anima - Dance Suites and Sonatas of Jean-Féry Rebel
Ensemble Meridiana - Les Voyages de l'Amour
Matt Haimovitz, Itamar Golan, Miró Quartet - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & String Quintet
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Emmanuel Krivine, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg - Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau
Richard Lester, Elizabeth Lester - A Musical Journey Around Europe
Ludovic Morlot, Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: La boîte à joujoux
Dan Laurin, Anna Paradiso - J.H. Roman: The 12 Flute Sonatas Nos. 6-12
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2 and 5
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - 125 Years of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Gabriella Sborgi, Alessandro Maria Carnelli - Towards Verklärte Nacht: Schoenberg, Bach, Brahms, Zemlinsky, Berg
José Serebrier, Cho-Liang Lin, Hila Plitmann, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Xiaogang Ye: Symphony No. 3 'Chu'; The Last Paradise
Masaaki Suzuki, Tapiola Sinfonietta - Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Apollon Musagète; Concerto in D for Strings
Various Artists - Music for a Royal Occasion: 90th Birthday Celebration for Her Majesty
Various Artists - Gustav Mahler Edition
James Manheim
Allegri Quartet - String Quartets by Alec Roth
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra, Jeannette Sorrell - Telemann: Don Quixote and other Suites & Concertos
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Mats Lidström, Ada Meinich - Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Viola Sonata
Alessio Bax - Lullabies for Mila
Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits - Shostakovich, Glazunov
Julian Bliss, Carducci Quartet - David Bruce: Gumboots; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Erik Bosgraaf, Cordevento - G. Ph. Telemann: Complete Suites and Concertos for Recorder
James Buswell, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar - Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto; Köçeckçe - Dance Rhapsody
Arthur Butterworth - Arthur Butterworth: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Lucille Chung - Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo
Allan Clayton - Where'er You Walk
Crash Ensemble, Paul Hillier - Barry Meets Beethoven
Wolfgang Dörner, Orchestre de Cannes - Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Overtures, Vol. 1
Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman - Steve Reich: Double Sextet; Radio Rewrite
Francoise-Green Piano Duo - Games, Chorales and Fantasy
Patrick Gallois, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice- Michael Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Pablo González, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra - Granados: Dante; La nit del mort; Intermezzo from Goyescas
Janoska Ensemble - Janoska Style
Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Hymns from King's
LSO Percussion Ensemble - Steve Reich: Sextet; Clapping Music; Music for Pieces of Wood
Filippo Mineccia - Attilio Ariosti: London - Arias for Alto
Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester - Debussy: The Edgar Allan Poe Operas
John Neschling, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège - Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica; Belfagor Overture
Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Choir of Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees - Carols from Queen's
The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough - English Romantic Madrigals
John Storgårds, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
John Storgårds, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Per Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Various Artists - Colin Matthews: Violin Concerto; Cortège; Cello Concerto No. 2
Various Artists - Purcell Songs Realised by Britten
Mathias Vidal, Véronique Gens, Ulf Schirmer - Charles Gounod: Cinq-Mars
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker - Alonso Lobo: Lamentations