Here’s what the AMG Classical staff reviewed in the past month:
Blair Sanderson
Jirí Belohlávek - Josef Suk: Asrael; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Marcus Bosch, Aachen Symphony Orchestra - Johannes Brahms: Symphonien 2 & 3
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - Palestrina, Vol. 2
Gustavo Dudamel - Discoveries
Vadim Gluzman - Bach, Ysaÿe, Auerbach: par.ti.ta
Wolfgang Holzmair, Russell Ryan - Das Mahler Album
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites; Holberg Suite; Wedding Day at Troldhagen
Leipzig String Quartet - Afanasiev, Borodin, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov: String Quartets
Magnus Lindberg, Kari Krikku, Anssi Karttunen - Magnus Lindberg: Chamber Works
Nikolai Lugansky - Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas 1 & 2
Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque - Handel: Song for St Cecilia's Day; Look Down, Harmonious Saint; Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op. 6 No. 7
Sakari Oramo, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Marios Papadopoulos, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Stravinsky: Concerto; Janácek: Capriccio & Sonata
Robin Ticciati, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Englebert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Mitsuko Uchida, Cleveland Orchestra - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21
Fredrik Ullén - Lizst, Messiaen: Piano Works
Jaap van Zweden, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Jaap van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Capriccio Italien
Various Artists - Christopher Bono: Invocations
Various Artists - Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album
Simone Young - Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Stephen Eddins
Alamire, Michaël Grébil, Andrew Lawrence-King - Deo gracias Anglia!
Anúna - Illumination
Cheryl Barker, Opera Australia, Andrew Litton - Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini - Bononcini: Messa; Stabat Mater
Tzenka Dianova - DeConstruction
Peter Eötvös, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - György Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony
Roberto Fabbriciani, Jonathan Faralli - John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet; Music for Carillon No. 6
Renée Fleming - The Art of Renée Fleming
Eugeniusz Knapik - Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Gustav Leonhardt - A Tribute to Gustav Leonhardt: The Last Recordings
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon - Górecki: Miserere
The Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, Fabio Luisi - Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken - A Portrait
Piano Ensemble - Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato
So Percussion - Where (we) Live
Carl St. Clair, Pacific Symphony Orchestra - Philip Glass: The Passion of Ramakrishna
Jaap van Zweden, Reinbert de Leeuw, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Britten: War Requiem
James Manheim
Al Ayre Espanol, Eduardo Lopez Banzo - Handel's Memories: A Selection from Grand Concertos Op. 6
Armonico Consort/Christopher Monks - Let the Bright Seraphim
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki - Bach: Hunt Cantata
BBC Singers, Paul Brough - My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett
The Brodsky Quartet - John Joubert: String Quartets Nos. 1-3
Capella de la Torre, Katharina Bäuml, Dominique Visse - Vinum et Musica
Michael Collins, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Stirling - Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Clarinet Concertino; Horn Concertino
Cuarteto Casals - Schubert: String Quartets
Claus Peter Flor, Malaysian Philharmonic - Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
Fretwork, Stile Antico - Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch - The Word Unspoken: Sacred Music by William Byrd and Philippe de Monte
Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic - Carl Nielsen: Symphonies No. 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" & 2 "The Four Temperaments"
Igor Golovschin - Anton Rubinstein: Symphony No. 4 "Dramatic"
Angela Hewitt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannu Lintu - Schumann: Piano Concerto
Miloš Karadaglić - Latino (Pasión)
Aram Khachaturian - Aram Khachaturian: Composer - Conductor - Pianist
Choir of King's College, London; David Trendell - Allegri: Missa in Lectulo Meo; Missa Christus Resurgens; Miserere; Motets
Kölner Streichsextett - Beethoven: Symphonie No. 6 "Pastorale"; Valente: Six to Midnight
Anatoly Lapunov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra - Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet; The Comedians; Overtures
Jakob Lindberg - Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone
Wayne Marshall, SWR Big Band, Strings of the Dresden Philharmonic - Rhapsody in Swing
Ronn McFarlane, William Simms - Two Lutes
Antonio Meneses, Northern Sinfonia, Claudio Cruz - Hans Gál, Edward Elgar: Cello Concertos
Musicke & Mirth - Division-Musick
Quatuor Danel - Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 6
Andrew Rangell - Bach: The Art of Fugue
James Rutherford, Eugene Asti - Most Grand to Die
Michael Slattery, La Nef - Dowland in Dublin
Martin Spangenberg - Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concertino Overture
Wojciech Switala - Chopin: 4 Ballades; Nocturnes, Op. 48; Scherzo, Op. 31 [On Pleyel]
Various Artists - Smetana, Ravel, Huw Watkins: Piano Trios
Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell - Christopher Tye: Missa Euge bone; Peccavimus; Western Wynde Mass
