Featured New Releases for
January 4, 2019

Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Book I of Debussy's Préludes in a 2017 studio recording, and Book II in a live recital recording from 1971.

— Blair Sanderson

Somewhere between a single work and seven of them, this is a good sample of music by Iceland's Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

— James Manheim

Historical instruments are deployed in Mozart's duo sonatas with the goal of realizing a chamber music atmosphere.

— James Manheim

Prodigious American prizewinner Lu delivers an exciting Beethoven Fourth Concerto that promises a strong future.

— James Manheim

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present works by Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky in phenomenal recorded sound.

— Blair Sanderson

Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony and A Lark Ascending receive stirring performances on this 2018 recording from Onyx.

— Blair Sanderson