Nov. 2, 2022
Eighty-eight piano keys can be used to produce such varied sounds and music, and this month's releases show that wide range. Musicologist Robert Levin was given the opportunity to record all the Mozart sonatas on a fortepiano owned by the composer himself. As the piano became more affordable, literature for it flourished in the 19th century and into the early 20th century. Kim Bernard programmed a recital of Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel covering that exact period. The exploration of the possibilities of the piano continues today with Richard Danielpour's Études and other pieces recorded by Stefano Greco (pictured above), and with Philip Golub testing a new compositional concept on his album Filters.
Accentus, Christophe Grapperon, Eloïse Bella Kohn - À la lumiere: Saint-Saëns, Hahn
Rachel Barton Pine, Daniel Hege, Jonathon Heyward - Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries [25th Anniversary Edition]
Mariam Batsashvili - Romantic Piano Masters
Kim Bernard - Vivaldi: Il Mondo al Rovescio - Concerti con molti instromenti
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester - Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 271 & 456
Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang
Gautier Capuçon, Andreas Ottensamer, Yuja Wang - Works by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Johannes Brahms
Chineke! Orchestra - Coleridge-Taylor
Harry Christophers, Handel and Haydn Society - Haydn: London Symphony No. 103; Theresienmesse
Bojan Čičić, Illyria Consort - Johann Jakob Walther: Scherzi da Violino
The Crossing, Donald Nally - Born
Christian Curnyn, Tim Mead, Anna Dennis - Handel: Amadigi
Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances - Matthew Locke: Psyche
Francesca Dego, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Roger Norrington - Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 - KV 207, KV 211 & KV 219 'Turkish'
Bruno de Sá, Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti - Roma Travestita
Jodie Devos - Bijoux Perdus
Ensemble Klang, Ah Young Hong, Tito Muñoz - Michael Hersch: The Script of Storms
Anna Fedorova, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8; Méhul: Symphony No. 1; Cherubini: Lodoïska Overture
Paul Giger - Ars Moriendi
Phillip Golub - Filters
Stefano Greco - Danielpour: Twelve Études for Piano; Piano Fantasy; Lullaby; Song Without Words
Augustin Hadelich - Recuerdos
Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra - Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Double Concerto; Serenade No. 2
JACK Quartet, The Crossing - John Luther Adams: Sila - The Breath of the World
Janoska Ensemble - The Big B's
Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - John Adams
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Song
Vimbayi Kaziboni, Ensemble Modern Orchestra - Heiner Goebbels: A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook
Evgeny Kissin - The Salzburg Recital
The Knights - The Kreutzer Project
Christina Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck - La Passione: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven
Lang Lang - The Disney Book
Robert Levin - Mozart: The Piano Sonatas on Mozart's Fortepiano
Igor Levit - Tristan
Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets
Cristian Măcelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Dvorák: Legends Op. 59; Czech Suite Op. 39
Susanna Mälkki, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Steve Reich: Runner; Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Marian Consort - Vincente Lusitano: Motets
Marc Minkowski, Bordeaux National Orchestra - Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Robert Murray, Rachel Nicholls, Edward Gardner - Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3
Christian Poltéra, Münchener Kammerorchester - Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D; Hindemith: Trauermusik
Quatuor Hermès, Debora Waldman, Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, Célia Oneto Bensaid - Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Époque
Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz - Brahms: Lieder
Carlo Rizzi, Arsen Soghomonyan, Krassimira Stoyanova - Leoncavallo: Zingari
Fatma Said - Kaleidoscope
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations - Transfiguration: Schubert - Symphonie Inachevée; Grande Symphonie
Abel Selaocoe - Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler - Vivaldi's Women: Instrumental and Vocal Sacred Music
Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet - Caroline Shaw: Evergreen
Sean Shibe - Lost & Found
Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies - The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539
Dima Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Sinfoniettas: Poulenc, Prokofiev, Britten
Choir of St John's Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha - The Psalms
Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin - Verdi: String Quartet in E minor; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1; Puccini: Crisantemi
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker - Bruckner 5
Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds - An Extinction Elegy
Frank J. Toth, Winter Moons Orchestra - Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate: Winter Moons
Jan Vogler, Moritzburg Festival Ensemble - The Dvorák Album
Wihan Quartet - Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 From My Life; Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 American, Op. 96; Two Waltzes Op. 54