Our classical music reviewers seemed to be "hearing double" in March. There was a pair of recordings of Liszt's
Faust Symphony, one for orchestra and one transcribed for piano; and two albums each by conductors
Sir Mark Elder (choral works by Elgar and Bax, and new music by Tarik O'Regan) and
Andrés Orozco-Estrada (Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 and Strauss tone poems). He of the double-name,
Lang Lang, performed a new piano concerto by film composer Howard Shore, while a new recording of
Bartók's Sonata for two pianos and percussion featured Cédric Tiberghien and François-Frédéric Guy.









Blair Sanderson
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin -
Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies
Ronald Brautigam -
Beethoven, Vol. 15: Diabelli Variations
Augustin Hadelich -
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Martin Haselböck, Vienna Academy Orchestra -
Liszt: Faust Symphony
Jakub Hrusa, Bamberger Symphoniker -
Smetana: Má Vlast
Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra -
Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 9
István Lajkó -
Liszt/Tausig: Faust Symphony
Andrew Manze, NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra -
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel -
Lully: Persée 1770
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony -
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Macbeth
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Houston Symphony -
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"; 2 Slavonic Dances
Villiers Quartet -
Peter Racine Fricker: The String Quartets
James Manheim
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell -
Bach: St. John Passion
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata -
George Frideric Handel: Catone
Riccardo Chailly, Filarmonica della Scala -
Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi
Contrapunctus, Owen Rees -
Virgin and Child: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks, Vol. 2
Andrew Davis, Bergen Philharmonic -
Vaughan Williams: Job; Symphony No. 9
Barry Douglas -
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2
Danny Driver, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller -
Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 70: Beach, Chaminade, Howell
Sir Mark Elder, Hallé Orchestra -
Elgar, Bax: For the Fallen
Sir Mark Elder, Hallé -
Tarik O'Regan: A Celestial Map of the Sky
Elora Singers, Noel Edison -
Patrick Hawes: Revelation; Beatitudes; Quanta Qualia
Ensemble Polyharmonique, Alexander Schneider -
Cavalli: Requiem; Grandi: Motets
Lisa Friend, Brodsky Quartet -
Mozart: Flute Quartets
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch -
Queen Mary's Big Belly: Hope for an Heir in Catholic England
Gaudete Brass -
Sevenfive: The John Corigliano Effect
Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane -
Borodin: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 2
Yoonie Han -
Granados: Goyescas
Daniel Hope -
For Seasons
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge; Mark Williams -
Byrd, Britten
Lang Lang, Sophie Shao -
Howard Shore: Two Concerti - Ruin & Memory, Mythic Gardens
Jan Lisiecki -
Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Francesco Mazzonetto -
Italian Piano Works
Notos Quartett -
Hungarian Treasures: Bartók, Dohnányi, Kodály
Orlando Consort -
Beneath the Northern Star: The Rise of English Polyphony 1270-1430
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques -
Méhul: Uthal
François Salque, Eric Le Sage -
Beethoven: Les Sonates pour Violoncelle et Piano
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers -
Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Un Soir de neige; Litanies a la Vierge Noire; Etc.
Masaaki Suzuki -
Masaaki Suzuki Plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 2
Cédric Tiberghien -
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Other Piano Music
Osmo Vänskä -
Sibelius: Kullervo; Kortekangas: Migrations
Sonya Yoncheva -
Handel