Mar. 1, 2021
This month's reviews focused on legacies. The music on the Imani Winds' Bruits addresses the legacy of racism in America, and the Catalyst Quartet's Uncovered, Vol. 1 reveals the music of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, whose talents are not as well-known as they should be. Examples of a composer influencing another can be heard in the opera Armida, by Antonio Salieri, one of Beethoven's teachers, and in John Adams' My Father Knew Charles Ives. Then there are the musical gifts of younger performers nurtured by their mentors, such as Theodosia Ntokou, a protégée of Martha Argerich, and violinist Madara Petersone, who performs with Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica.
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy, Chopin, Mussorgsky
Benjamin Alard - Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 4 - Alla Veneziana
Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - Haydn 2032, No. 9: L'Addio
Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg, Vol. 1: String Quartets Nos. 2, 5, and 8
Martha Argerich, Theodosia Ntokou - Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"; Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest"
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman - Edward Elgar: Partsongs - From the Bavarian Highlands
Tom Beghin - Beethoven and His French Piano
Daníel Bjarnason, Pekka Kuusisto, Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Occurrence
Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice - Josquin: Motets & Mass Movements
Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou, Edgar Moreau - Saint-Saëns: Sonates & Trio
Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 1
Chelys Consort of Viols, Fieri Consort - Amavi: Michael East - Music for Viols and Voices
Collegium Vocale, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort - Bach: Soli Deo Gloria
Mark Elder, Misha Kiria, Albina Shagimuratova, Britten Sinfonia - Donizetti: Il Paria
Ensemble Origo, Eric Rice - Orlando de Lassus: Le Nozze in Baviera
Fauré Quartett - Fauré Quartett
Ning Feng - Paganini: 24 Caprices + 1
Flex Ensemble - Inside Eroica
Founders- Songs for the End of Time, Vol. 1
Evelyn Glennie, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel - Concertos for Mallet Instruments: Alrich, Jenkins, Rorem
Jeanne Golan - It Takes One to Tango
Giancarlo Guerrero, Nashville Symphony - John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre
Erich Höbarth, Alexander Rudin, Aapo Häkkinen - Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2; Arpeggione Sonata
Imani Winds- Bruits
René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerkor - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Jacob Kellermann, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norrbotten NEO, Christian Karlsen - Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabetta, Francisco Coll - Plaisirs Illuminés: Veress, Ginastera, Coll
Gidon Kremer, Madara Petersone - Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin Concerto; Sonata for Two Violins
London Haydn Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76
Maxwell Quartet - Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 & Folk Music from Scotland
Oculi Ensemble - Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Music
Percurama, Jean Thorel - American Percussion Works: Cage, Ginastera, Harrison, Varèse
Julian Perkins, Perpetuo - Stephen Dodgson: Margaret Catchpole - Two Worlds Apart
Vasily Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21
Marina Rebeka, Sinfonietta Riga, Latvian Radio Choir, Modestas Pitrenas - Credo
Linda Richardson, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson - Italian Opera Arias
Tobias Ringborg, Sofie Asplund, Kristina Winiarski, Peter Friis Johansson- Helena Munktell: Violin Sonata; Dix Melodies; Piano Trio
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - Salieri: Armida
São Paulo Symphony Choir, Valentina Peleggi - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions
Schola Cantorum Riga, Ieva Nīmane, Guntars Pranis - Vox Clara: Late Medieval Chant from Riga, Hamburg, Lund, Limoges
Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55 - Contralto
Mahani Teave - Rapa Nui Odyssey
Tanja Tetzlaff, Signum Quartet- Erkki-Sven Tuur: Lost Prayers
Fredrik Ullén - Kaikhosru Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 84-100
Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, So Percussion - Caroline Shaw: Narrow Sea
Jac van Steen, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra- David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea
Christopher Ward, Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne - Hans Rott: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort - Royal Handel
Behzod Abduraimov - Debussy, Chopin, Mussorgsky
Benjamin Alard - Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 4 - Alla Veneziana
Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico - Haydn 2032, No. 9: L'Addio
Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg, Vol. 1: String Quartets Nos. 2, 5, and 8
Martha Argerich, Theodosia Ntokou - Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"; Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest"
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman - Edward Elgar: Partsongs - From the Bavarian Highlands
Tom Beghin - Beethoven and His French Piano
Daníel Bjarnason, Pekka Kuusisto, Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Occurrence
Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice - Josquin: Motets & Mass Movements
Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou, Edgar Moreau - Saint-Saëns: Sonates & Trio
Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 1
Chelys Consort of Viols, Fieri Consort - Amavi: Michael East - Music for Viols and Voices
Collegium Vocale, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort - Bach: Soli Deo Gloria
Mark Elder, Misha Kiria, Albina Shagimuratova, Britten Sinfonia - Donizetti: Il Paria
Ensemble Origo, Eric Rice - Orlando de Lassus: Le Nozze in Baviera
Fauré Quartett - Fauré Quartett
Ning Feng - Paganini: 24 Caprices + 1
Flex Ensemble - Inside Eroica
Founders- Songs for the End of Time, Vol. 1
Evelyn Glennie, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel - Concertos for Mallet Instruments: Alrich, Jenkins, Rorem
Jeanne Golan - It Takes One to Tango
Giancarlo Guerrero, Nashville Symphony - John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre
Erich Höbarth, Alexander Rudin, Aapo Häkkinen - Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2; Arpeggione Sonata
Imani Winds- Bruits
René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerkor - Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Jacob Kellermann, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norrbotten NEO, Christian Karlsen - Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Sol Gabetta, Francisco Coll - Plaisirs Illuminés: Veress, Ginastera, Coll
Gidon Kremer, Madara Petersone - Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin Concerto; Sonata for Two Violins
London Haydn Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76
Maxwell Quartet - Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 & Folk Music from Scotland
Oculi Ensemble - Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Music
Percurama, Jean Thorel - American Percussion Works: Cage, Ginastera, Harrison, Varèse
Julian Perkins, Perpetuo - Stephen Dodgson: Margaret Catchpole - Two Worlds Apart
Vasily Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21
Marina Rebeka, Sinfonietta Riga, Latvian Radio Choir, Modestas Pitrenas - Credo
Linda Richardson, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson - Italian Opera Arias
Tobias Ringborg, Sofie Asplund, Kristina Winiarski, Peter Friis Johansson- Helena Munktell: Violin Sonata; Dix Melodies; Piano Trio
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - Salieri: Armida
São Paulo Symphony Choir, Valentina Peleggi - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions
Schola Cantorum Riga, Ieva Nīmane, Guntars Pranis - Vox Clara: Late Medieval Chant from Riga, Hamburg, Lund, Limoges
Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55 - Contralto
Mahani Teave - Rapa Nui Odyssey
Tanja Tetzlaff, Signum Quartet- Erkki-Sven Tuur: Lost Prayers
Fredrik Ullén - Kaikhosru Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 84-100
Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, So Percussion - Caroline Shaw: Narrow Sea
Jac van Steen, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra- David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea
Christopher Ward, Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne - Hans Rott: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Eva Zaïcik, Le Consort - Royal Handel