Harmonia Mundi New Releases
Timothy Ridout (viola), Jonathan Ware (piano) Harmonia Mundi · HMM902787 · 63 minutes The viola lives in a register that sits…
Mahler Symphonies by Bychkov and Czech Philharmonic
Symphonies Nos 1-9 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov Pentatone PTC5187490 Semyon Bychkov has spent the…
Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra – A Misnamed Masterwork
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No 1 (Spivakov Sound) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) National Philharmonic of Russia /…
Liszt Dante Sonata and Works by Abduraimov
InfernoBehzod Abduraimov (piano)rec. 2025, Teldex Studio, Berlin, GermanyAlpha Classics 1219 [66] Behzod Abduraimov is not a name…
Erato New Releases
Christina Pluhar, l’Arpeggiata Erato · 2685430249 · 74 minutes Christina Pluhar has always had a gift for building a world rather…
Johan Dalene
Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds BIS · BIS2620 · 73 minutes Few pairings make as much sense…
Rachel Podger
Rachel Podger (violin) Channel Classics · CCSSA35513 · 78 minutes Rachel Podger’s Guardian Angel gathers works by Biber, Walther, Westhoff, and…
Alison Balsom
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock Warner Classics · 4403292 · 66 minutes Purcell…
Robert Schumann
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Julius Drake (piano) Chandos · CHAN20295 · 75 minutes There’s something almost uncanny about how naturally Robert and…
Riccardo Chailly
Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly Decca · 4832869 · 80 minutes Nino Rota’s film scores occupy this strange, wonderful middle ground…
MDG New Releases
Christian Zacharias (piano), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne MDG · MDG10223916 · 72 minutes MDG keeps quietly putting out some of…
BIS New Releases
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Sholto Kynoch (piano) BIS · BIS2704 · 62 minutes Helen Charlston’s voice has this incredible depth to it…
Chandos New Releases
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson Chandos · CHSA5379 · 68 minutes John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London have quietly become…
Daniel Barenboim
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon · 4796038 · 70 minutes Lisa Batiashvili and Barenboim make a dream team…
Iván Fischer
Lisa Milne (soprano) & Birgit Remmert (alto)Budapest Festival Orchestra & The Hungarian Radio Choir, Iván Fischer Channel…
Gustavo Dudamel
Marta Gardolińska (chorus conductor), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon · 4839502 · 2 hours…
Bernard Haitink
Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano)Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink BR Klassik · 900149 · 1 hour…
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca · 4557982 · 3 hours 50 minutes Ashkenazy conducting the Concertgebouw through all three Rachmaninov symphonies…
Grieg Violin Sonatas – Menuhin
Grieg: Violin Sonatas (Pristine Audio) Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Robert Levin (piano) Pristine Audio…
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Lothar Odinius (tenor), Roxana Constantinescu (alto), Markus Eiche (bass), Letizia Scherrer (soprano), Michael Nagy (bass), Maximilian Schmitt…
Bartók: String Quartets
Marmen Quartet BIS · BIS2693 · 67 minutes The Marmen Quartet plays these six Bartók string quartets like the music lives…
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Alfred Brendel (piano)Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Decca · 4425712 · 2 hours 34 minutes Brendel and…
Berliner Philharmoniker
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan Deutsche Grammophon · 4745372 · 84 minutes Karajan and the Berlin Phil at the height…
Olivier Messiaen: Organ Solos
Olivier Messiaen, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Yvonne Loriod (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maria Oràn (soprano), Huguette Fernandez…
