May 4, 2022
Age and the Ages. In music there are many composers and compositions that have stood the test of time. Benjamin Alard continues his survey of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach with Volume 6 covering the first part of the Well-Tempered Clavier and Jason Vieaux (pictured above) continues his exploration of Bach's works for violin. A relatively young conductor (not yet 30 years old), Klaus Mäkelä, joins a long line of Scandinavian conductors doing cycles of Sibelius symphonies. At the other end of the spectrum, 97-year-old pianist Ruth Slenczynska signed a new recording contract with Decca. And don't forget Mother Earth, at more than 4.5 billion years old and celebrated in April. Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis commissioned several new pieces for her release, Five Minutes for Earth.
Esther Abrami - Esther Abrami
Benjamin Alard - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 6
Nicolas Altstaedt - Salonen: Cello Concerto; Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello
American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier - Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass
Adjoa Andoh, Grace Davidson, Jessica Cottis, Oculus Ensemble - Julie Cooper: Continuum
Emőke Baráth, Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky - Dualità: Handel Opera Arias
Daniel Barenboim - Encores
Martin James Bartlett - Rhapsody: Rachmaninoff, Gershwin
Béatrice Berrut - Jugendstil: Mahler, Schoenberg
Simon Callaghan, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins - British Piano Concertos: Addison, Bush, Maconchy, Searle, Rubbra, Benjamin
Cantus - The Covid-19 Sessions
Chiaroscuro Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6
Johan Dalene, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds - Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth - John Wilbye: Draw on Sweet Night
Ophélie Gaillard, Pulcinella Orchestra - A Night in London
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park - Tenebrae Responsories: Feria Quinta
Choir of Girton College, Cambridge; Gareth Wilson - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 2: Missa Voce Mea A5
Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniusas - Rachmaninov: Dissonance
Andrey Gugnin - Scriabin: Mazurkas
Daniel Hope - America
Fenella Humphreys - Caprices
Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien - Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas
Mariss Jansons, Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin - Schostakowitsch: Konzert für Klavier, Trompete und Streichorchester Nr. 1; Symphonie Nr. 9
Toby Jones, Ionel Manciu, Kate Romano - Julian Philips: Melodys of Earth and Sky
Yolanda Kondonassis - Five Minutes for Earth
Katharina Konradi, Trio Gaspard - Russian Roots
Kyiv Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych - Sacred Treasures: Masterpieces of Ukrainian Choral Music - XV-XIX Centuries
Klaus Mäkelä, Oslo Philharmonic - Sibelius
I Musici, Marco Fiorini, Francesco Buccarella - Le Quattro Stagioni: Vivaldi, Verdi
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby - Stella: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections
Jakub Józef Orliński - Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Raphael Pichon, Pygmalion - J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Bogdana Pivnenko, Taras Yaropud, Iryna Starodub, Kateryna Suprun, Yurii Pogoretskyi - Ukrainian Piano Quintets: Lyatoshynsky, Poleva, Silvestrov
Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn - Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Op. 12 No. 1, Op. 24 & Op. 96
Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring
Chen Reiss, Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Grossmann, Arabella Steinbacher - Fanny Hensel & Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Arias, Lieder, Overtures
François-Xavier Roth, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln - Bruckner 7
François-Xavier Roth, Julien Behr, Vannina Santoni, Les Siècles - Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - My Life in Music
Gerardo Teissonnière - Beethoven: The Last Sonatas - Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111
Jaroslaw Thiel, Ensemble Polyharmonique, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra - Johann David Heinichen: Dresden Vespers
Neil Thomson, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra - Claudio Santoro: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 7 'Brasília'
Coco Tomita - Origins
Valentin Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique - Rameau: Les Paladins
Various Artists - Anders Eliasson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Trombone Concerto
Dmitry Vasiliev, Marina Kosterina, Siberian Symphony Orchestra - Steve Elcock: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3
Jason Vieaux - Bach: Works for Violin, Vol. 2
Voces8 Foundation Choir, Barnaby Smith - Mårten Jansson: Requiem Novum
Lars Vogt, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos; Capriccio Brillant
Orion Weiss - Arc I: Granados, Janácek, Scriabin
Peter Whelan, Ensemble Marsyas, Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart's Bassoon: Works for Solo Bassoon