As ordinary, we heard a wide-ranging number of music this previous month. What stands out in one of the best releases is the thoughtfulness, whether or not within the programming of the chosen works or the interpretation of them. Anna Lapwood’s (pictured) Firedove was meant to maintain listeners guessing and engaged. The Misplaced Tapes of Sviatoslav Richter display intimately the profoundness of his taking part in. Andris Nelsons was joined by pianist Yuja Wang for a chic entry in his collection protecting the orchestral music of Shostakovich. And oboist Nicholas Daniel discovers the pleasant, mid-Twentieth century music of Madeleine Dring. Flick thru the record to seek out different intriguing interpretations and applications.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Kurtág: Játékok
Benjamin Alard, Gerlinde Sämann – Johann Sebastian Bach: The Full Works for Keyboard, Vol. 10 – Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530; Notenbüchlein für A.M. Bach
Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu – For Dieter: The Previous and the Future – Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Nicola Benedetti, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon – Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, Le Consort – Start the Tune!: A Purcell Academy
Michel Béroff – Bach: Overture within the French Fashion; Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30 & 31
Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman, Ludovic Tézier, Daniel Harding – Puccini: Tosca
Karina Canallakis, Gábor Bretz, Rinat Shaham, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Fortress
Francesca Chiejina, Sarah Connolly, David Temple, Crouch Finish Competition Refrain, London Mozart Gamers, David Temple – Elgar: The Kingdom
Marianne Croux, Cyrille Dubois, Coline Dutilleul, Guilhem Worms – Georges Bizet: Les Mélodies
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Firm – Maurice Greene: Jephtha
Nicholas Daniel, Adam Walker, Amy Harman, Antonio Oyarzábal – Madeleine Dring: Full Works for Oboe
Simone Dinnerstein, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Baroklyn – Complicité: Bach, Philip Lasser
Ensemble Louise Farrenc – Farrenc, Firsova, Bonis: Chamber Music
Eusebius Quartet – Elgar & Fauré: String Quartets
Isabelle Faust, Jean- Frédéric Neuburger – Ligeti: Concertos – Violin, Piano & Romanesc
Pablo Ferrández – Moonlight Variations
Fretwork – My Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly
George Xiaoyuan Fu – Colouring E book
Ophélie Gaillard – Cello Tango
John Eliot Gardiner, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Johannes Brahms: Full Symphonies
Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir – Rachmaninov: The Bells; Symphonic Dances
Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber – Brahms: Lieder
Girton Faculty Choir, Cambridge; Jeremy West; Western Wyndes – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 5: Motets for the Liturgical 12 months
Benjamin Grosvenor – Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes
Franz Halász – Villa-Lobos: The Full Solo Works
Thomas Hampson, Würth Philharmoniker, Claudio Vandelli – Brahms/Glanert: Vier Präludien und Ernste Gesänge; Brahms: Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn; And so forth.
Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’; Memento de Florence
Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch – Be Nonetheless My Coronary heart: Robert Gund & Wilhelm Grosz
Jack Quartet – Austin Wulliman: Escape Rites
Marija Jelic, Dario Salvi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – Adolphe Adam: Griseldis
Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen – Cantus
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2: Brahms, Héritte-Viardot
Sheku Kanneh-Mason – Shostakovich & Britten
Les Kapsber’ladies – Vox Feminae
Kebyart – Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel
Julian Kershaw, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Oliver Davis: Life
Bomsori Kim, Jakub Hrůša – Bruch & Korngold
Felix Klieser, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Jamie Phillips Northern Colors
David Korevaar – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas – Heroic to Hammerklavier
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Viktor Kalabis: Duettina; Chamber Music; Diptych
Carolyn Kuan, American Composers Orchestra – Huang Ruo: An American Soldier
Anna Lapwood – Firedove
Yunchan Lim, Fort Price Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop – Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3
London Symphony Orchestra, Steve Schermer, Jonathan Pasternack, Bobby Collins – Orchestrating the Wild: Sarah Louise Bassingthwaighte
Charlie Lovell-Jones, Invoice Anderson, Rumon Gamba – Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Magdalen Faculty Choir, Oxford; Mark Williams – Be Nonetheless My Soul: Hymns from Magdalen
Jaime Martin, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Gustav Holst: The Planets (and Earth)
Ariane Matiakh, Patricia Petibon, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen Charles Koechlin: Symphony No. 1; Au loin; 3 Mélodies
Anne Akiko Meyers – Beloved
Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
Clare O’Connell – Mild Flowing
Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: Girl Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Laurence Perkins – Honey-Colored Cow: Moosic for Bassoon
Aaron Pilsan – Bach: The Properly-Tempered Clavier, E book II
Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi – Mozart: Haffner-Akademie
Konrad Ragossnig – Spanish Guitar Recital
Lucy Railton – Blue Veil
Simon Rattle, Agneta Eichenholz, Katarina Karnéus, London Symphony Orchestra – Janáček: Jenůfa
Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé – Northern Mild: Echoes from Seventeenth-century Scandinavia
Sviatoslav Richter – The Misplaced Tapes: Beethoven – Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 & 31
Christophe Rousset, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques – Antonio Salieri: Cublai, Gran Kan de’ Tartari
Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton – Schubert’s 4 Seasons
Aziz Shokhakimov, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Handel: Messiah – Choruses
Albert Cano Smit – Bach: The Artwork of Fugue
Yeol Eum Son, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Anja Bihlmaier – Ravel: Concertos; Bach/Wittgenstein
Arabella Steinbacher, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Gustavo Gimeno – Beethoven & Lentz
Choir of St John’s Faculty, Cambridge; Christopher Grey – Lament & Liberation
Justin Taylor – Chopin Intime
Alexandre Tharaud – Concertos: Thierry Pécou, Ramon Lazkano, Alex Nante
Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen – Michael Gordon: A Western; Caroline Shaw: Tips on how to Fold the Wind
Francesco Tristano- Bach: The 6 English Suites
György Vashegyi – Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys
Mathilde Vialle, Thibaut Roussel, Ronan Khalil, Zachary Wilder – The Final Rose: Songs, Tunes and Dances from a Mysterious Manuscript
Mathias Vidal, Valentin Tournet – Rameau: Platée
Yuja Wang, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
Franz Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra – Julius Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Kahchun Wong, The Hallé – Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Zemlinsky Quartet – Bedrich Smetana: String Quartets