Featured New Album Releases

The Sixteen / Harry Christophers

Star of Heaven: The Eton Choirbook Legacy

Coro

Classical

Works from the Eton Choirbook dating from early Renaissance England, some of them paired with contemporary settings of the same texts.

— James Manheim

Jaap van Zweden / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Naxos

Classical

Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra complete their Wagner Ring cycle with this concert recording of Götterdämmerung.

— Blair Sanderson

Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose

BMOP/sound

Classical

Leon Kirchner's hard-to-classify orchestral music receives convincing performances by Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

— Blair Sanderson

Daniel Harding / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Daniel Harding and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver a carefully considered and evenly paced performance of Mahler's Fifth Symphony.

— Blair Sanderson

Papagena

Somm

Classical

A seasonal program of mind-boggling variety from a British vocal quintet.

— James Manheim

John Wilson / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Chandos

Classical

Fine performances of Copland works that all deserve wider exposure.

— James Manheim