Dec. 3, 2012
Here’s what the AMG Classical staff reviewed in the past month:
Blair Sanderson
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - The Warner Recordings
Arcanto Quartett, Olivier Marron - Schubert: String Quintet
Kolja Blacher, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Eichberg / Beethoven
Camerata Freden - Korngold: String Sextet; Piano Quintet
Sarah Connolly, Vladimir Jurowski - Mahler: Totenfeier; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Joyce DiDonato - Drama Queens
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 - Live at Carnegie Hall
Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach - Schubert: Schwanengesang; Sonata D. 960
Oliver Knussen - Oliver Knussen: Autumnal
Jennifer Koh - Bach & Beyond, Pt. 1
Ewa Kupiec, Maria Lettberg - Alfred Schnittke: Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet
Alexei Lubimov, Natalia Pschenitschnikova - John Cage: As It Is
Paul McCreesh - Mendelssohn: Elijah, 1846
Vasily Petrenko - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
John Morris Russell, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Home for the Holidays
Christopher Seaman, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony"
Howard Shelley, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Spohr: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9
Nigel Short, Tenebrae - Fauré: Requiem; Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaconna
Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra - Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies
Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne; Zadok the Priest
Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Handel: Messiah
Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - American Mavericks
Various Artists - Classical 2013
Various Artists - Latest & Greatest Stars of Classical
Rolando Villazón - Villazón Verdi
Alisa Weilerstein - Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos
James Manheim
Valery Afanassiev - Schubert: Moments musicaux
Friar Alessandro - Voice from Assisi
Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk - Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Cecilia Bartoli - Mission
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans - Mozart: Piano Concertos, K. 453 & 482
Brian Byrne, RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Brian Byrne: Tales from the Walled City
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet - Le Concert Spirituel: Les 25 Ans!!!
Lucy Crowe, Harry Bicket - Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Mozart: Don Giovanni
Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire - Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour violon
Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone - Tómas Luis de Victoria: Sacred Works
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Tõnu Kaljuste - Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament
Catrin Finch, John Rutter - Blessing
Sol Gabetta, Hélène Grimaud - Duo
Sol Gabetta - Shostakovich, Rachmaninov
Elina Garanca - Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir - Bach: Cantatas for Christmas
Jeanne Golan - Viktor Ullmann: Complete Piano Sonatas
Matthew Halls - Bach: Goldberg Variations; Sarabanda con Partite; Aria Variata
Janine Jansen - Prokofiev
Philippe Jaroussky - The Voice
Neeme Järvi, BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Hubert Parry: Orchestral & Choral Works
King's College Choir of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury - Nine Lessons & Carols
King's Singers - The Best of the King's Singers
Paul Lewis - Schubert: Piano Sonata; Wandererfantasie; Moments Musicaux
Julian Lloyd Webber - Evening Songs
Les Muffati, Peter van Heyghen, Benoît Laurent - Sammartini: Concertos & Overtures
Miah Persson, Joseph Breinl - Portraits: Songs by Clara & Robert Schumann
Patricia Petibon, Andrea Marcon, La Cetra - Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs
Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Jonas Kaufmann - Bizet: Carmen
Andreas Scholl - Wanderer
Sequentia - Music for Paradise: The Best of Hildegard von Bingen
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 56: Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 58: Pixis, Thalberg
Iain Sutherland, City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra - Great Viennese Classics
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Bruno Weil - Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Takács String Quartet, Ralph Kirshbaum - Schubert: String Quintet D. 956; String Quartet D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips - Jean Mouton: Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées
Tan Dun, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Tan Dun: Concerto for Orchestra
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas - John Rutter: The Tewkesbury Collection
Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse - Gabriel Jackson: Requiem