Jun. 7, 2023
As usual, the highlights of this month's classical music span a wide range of genres. There is Baroque opera: Porpora's Carlo il Calvo; two solo guitar albums, one with Raphaël Feuillâtre (pictured) and one from Zsofia Boros; a second volume of piano encores by Piers Lane; and an impressive reading of Stanford's Requiem. For those looking for more modern music, there is Thierry Fischer conducting Messiaen's Des canyons aux êtoiles… and a new recording by the Colin Currie Group of Reich's Music for 18 Musicians. It's quite the variety from which to choose.
Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella - Vivaldi: Serenata a tre
Andy Akiho - Oculus
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner - Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg, Vol. 3: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 16
The Bach Choir, David Hill - Verdi: Requiem
Maya Beiser - Infinite Bach
Daníel Bjarnason, Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Atmospheriques, Vol. 1
Zsófia Boros - El Último Aliento
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Davóne Tines - Anthony Davis: X - The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Phillip Bush - Concord
Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Sarah Cahill - The Future Is Female, Vol. 3: At Play
Joseph Calleja- Ave Maria: Sacred Arias
Simon Callow, Michael Waldron, London Choral Sinfonia - Sword in the Soul
Sandy Cameron, Stewart Goodyear, JoAnn Falletta - Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven"; Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Iestyn Davies, Graham Ross - Rolling River: American Choral
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Bach: St. John Passion
Consone Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 44 No. 3; String Quartet in E flat Major '1823'
Sasha Cooke - How Do I Find You
Jameson Cooper, Ketevan Badridze - French Violin Sonatas
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals - Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Danish String Quartet - Prism V: Beethoven, Webern, Bach
David Oistrakh String Quartet - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Schubert: String Quartets
Ellinor D’Melon, RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Romain Dumas, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra - Thomas Bangalter: Mythologies
Ensemble Pi - Reparations Now
Christoph Eschenbach, Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Der ferne Klang …: Orchestral Works & Songs by Franz Schreker
Mahan Esfahani, Carolyn Sampson - Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou - N.A. Porpora: Carlo il Calvo
Raphaël Feuillâtre - Visages Baroques
Thierry Fischer, Utah Symphony - Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles...
Martin Fröst- Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss
Edward Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 3
Véronique Gens, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d'Hérin - Desmarest: Circé
Mak Grgic - A Night in Upper Town: The Music of Zoran Krajacic
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Lia Hakhnazaryan - Inner World
Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6; Sinfonietta for String Orchestra; Two Pieces for Orchestra
Lucy Humphris, Harry Rylance - Obscurus: Davies, Janáček, Messiaen, Raskovic, Respighi, Takemitsu
Martin Jones, Rebeca Omordia, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews - Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 2
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio - In Celebration: The Piano Trios of Stanley Silverman
Simon Keenlyside, Raphael Wallfisch, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Madaras - Jonathan Dove: In Exile
Vladimir Kulenovic, Lake Forest Symphony - Visions: James M. Stephenson - Symphony No. 3
Piers Lane - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again
Yunchan Lim, Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, Seokwon Hong - Beethoven, Isang Yun, Barber
London Haydn Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42 & 77; Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Fabio Luisi, Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies
Joseph Lulloff, Yu-Lien The - New Stories
Tim Mead - Beauteous Softness
Fabio Mechetti, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra - Carlos Gomes: Opera Overtures and Preludes
John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Cyrille Dubois, Christopher Maltman - Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Cléopâtre
New Morse Code, Tigue - Lost and Found
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal - Sibelius: 3 & 4
Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters
Piatti Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, Heath Quartet - Bracing Change 2
Quatuor Byron, Matteo Mela - Souvenir d'Espagne: Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco
RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik, Justin Doyle - George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems - Blow, Croft
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot - Buxtehude: Salvator Mundi
Carlo Rizzi, Iván Ayón Rivas, Ramón Vargas, Britten Sinfonia - Mercadante: Il Proscritto
Jean Rondeau - Gradus ad Parnassum
François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra - Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Debussy: Jeux
Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Philharmonia Orchestra - Santtu conducts Strauss
Carolyn Sampson, Martyn Brabbins, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, University of Birmingham Voices - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Requiem
Costanza Savarese, Emanuele Arciuli - William Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes
Arabella Steinbacher, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lawrence Foster - Bruch & Korngold
Karim Sulayman, Sean Shibe - Broken Branches
Gemma Summerfield, Abi Hyde Smith, Gareth Brynmor John, Jocelyn Freeman - The Poet's Echo: Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner 9
Camille Thomas - Variation[s], Vol. 1: Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Webern
Agnese Toniutti - John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes
Sarah Traubel, Andreas Scholl - De Profundis
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton - Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night & other choral works
Trio Nebelmeer - Chausson, Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
Flavio Varani - Paul Paray: Seven Piano Pieces
Marina Viotti, Gabriel Bianco - Porque existe otro querer
Voces8, Eric Whitacre - Eric Whitacre: Home
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Prélude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)
Jeffrey Zeigler - Slow Beethoven
Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella - Vivaldi: Serenata a tre
Andy Akiho - Oculus
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner - Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Arcadia Quartet - Weinberg, Vol. 3: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 16
The Bach Choir, David Hill - Verdi: Requiem
Maya Beiser - Infinite Bach
Daníel Bjarnason, Iceland Symphony Orchestra - Atmospheriques, Vol. 1
Zsófia Boros - El Último Aliento
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Davóne Tines - Anthony Davis: X - The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Phillip Bush - Concord
Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Sarah Cahill - The Future Is Female, Vol. 3: At Play
Joseph Calleja- Ave Maria: Sacred Arias
Simon Callow, Michael Waldron, London Choral Sinfonia - Sword in the Soul
Sandy Cameron, Stewart Goodyear, JoAnn Falletta - Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven"; Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra - Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Iestyn Davies, Graham Ross - Rolling River: American Choral
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Bach: St. John Passion
Consone Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 44 No. 3; String Quartet in E flat Major '1823'
Sasha Cooke - How Do I Find You
Jameson Cooper, Ketevan Badridze - French Violin Sonatas
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals - Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Danish String Quartet - Prism V: Beethoven, Webern, Bach
David Oistrakh String Quartet - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Schubert: String Quartets
Ellinor D’Melon, RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Romain Dumas, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra - Thomas Bangalter: Mythologies
Ensemble Pi - Reparations Now
Christoph Eschenbach, Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Der ferne Klang …: Orchestral Works & Songs by Franz Schreker
Mahan Esfahani, Carolyn Sampson - Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou - N.A. Porpora: Carlo il Calvo
Raphaël Feuillâtre - Visages Baroques
Thierry Fischer, Utah Symphony - Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles...
Martin Fröst- Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss
Edward Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 3
Véronique Gens, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d'Hérin - Desmarest: Circé
Mak Grgic - A Night in Upper Town: The Music of Zoran Krajacic
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Lia Hakhnazaryan - Inner World
Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6; Sinfonietta for String Orchestra; Two Pieces for Orchestra
Lucy Humphris, Harry Rylance - Obscurus: Davies, Janáček, Messiaen, Raskovic, Respighi, Takemitsu
Martin Jones, Rebeca Omordia, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews - Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 2
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio - In Celebration: The Piano Trios of Stanley Silverman
Simon Keenlyside, Raphael Wallfisch, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Madaras - Jonathan Dove: In Exile
Vladimir Kulenovic, Lake Forest Symphony - Visions: James M. Stephenson - Symphony No. 3
Piers Lane - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again
Yunchan Lim, Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, Seokwon Hong - Beethoven, Isang Yun, Barber
London Haydn Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42 & 77; Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Fabio Luisi, Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies
Joseph Lulloff, Yu-Lien The - New Stories
Tim Mead - Beauteous Softness
Fabio Mechetti, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra - Carlos Gomes: Opera Overtures and Preludes
John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Cyrille Dubois, Christopher Maltman - Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Cléopâtre
New Morse Code, Tigue - Lost and Found
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal - Sibelius: 3 & 4
Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters
Piatti Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, Heath Quartet - Bracing Change 2
Quatuor Byron, Matteo Mela - Souvenir d'Espagne: Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco
RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik, Justin Doyle - George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems - Blow, Croft
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot - Buxtehude: Salvator Mundi
Carlo Rizzi, Iván Ayón Rivas, Ramón Vargas, Britten Sinfonia - Mercadante: Il Proscritto
Jean Rondeau - Gradus ad Parnassum
François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra - Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Debussy: Jeux
Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Philharmonia Orchestra - Santtu conducts Strauss
Carolyn Sampson, Martyn Brabbins, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, University of Birmingham Voices - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Requiem
Costanza Savarese, Emanuele Arciuli - William Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes
Arabella Steinbacher, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lawrence Foster - Bruch & Korngold
Karim Sulayman, Sean Shibe - Broken Branches
Gemma Summerfield, Abi Hyde Smith, Gareth Brynmor John, Jocelyn Freeman - The Poet's Echo: Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner 9
Camille Thomas - Variation[s], Vol. 1: Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Webern
Agnese Toniutti - John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes
Sarah Traubel, Andreas Scholl - De Profundis
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton - Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night & other choral works
Trio Nebelmeer - Chausson, Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
Flavio Varani - Paul Paray: Seven Piano Pieces
Marina Viotti, Gabriel Bianco - Porque existe otro querer
Voces8, Eric Whitacre - Eric Whitacre: Home
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Prélude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)
Jeffrey Zeigler - Slow Beethoven