As usual, the highlights of this month’s classical music span a wide range of genres. There is Baroque opera: Porpora’s Carlo il Calvo; two solo guitar albums, one with Raphaël Feuillâtre (pictured) and one from Zsofia Boros; a second volume of piano encores by Piers Lane; and an impressive reading of Stanford’s Requiem. For those looking for more modern music, there is Thierry Fischer conducting Messiaen’s Des canyons aux êtoiles… and a new recording by the Colin Currie Group of Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians. It’s quite the variety from which to choose.
Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella – Vivaldi: Serenata a tre
Andy Akiho – Oculus
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner – Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Arcadia Quartet – Weinberg, Vol. 3: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 16
The Bach Choir, David Hill – Verdi: Requiem
Maya Beiser – Infinite Bach
Daníel Bjarnason, Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Atmospheriques, Vol. 1
Zsófia Boros – El Último Aliento
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Davóne Tines – Anthony Davis: X – The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Phillip Bush – Concord
Semyon Bychkov, Czech Philharmonic – Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Sarah Cahill – The Future Is Female, Vol. 3: At Play
Joseph Calleja- Ave Maria: Sacred Arias
Simon Callow, Michael Waldron, London Choral Sinfonia – Sword in the Soul
Sandy Cameron, Stewart Goodyear, JoAnn Falletta – Elfman: Violin Concerto «Eleven Eleven»; Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1
Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Iestyn Davies, Graham Ross – Rolling River: American Choral
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen – Bach: St. John Passion
Consone Quartet – Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 44 No. 3; String Quartet in E flat Major ‘1823’
Sasha Cooke – How Do I Find You
Jameson Cooper, Ketevan Badridze – French Violin Sonatas
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals – Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Danish String Quartet – Prism V: Beethoven, Webern, Bach
David Oistrakh String Quartet – Beethoven, Shostakovich, Schubert: String Quartets
Ellinor D’Melon, RTE Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin – Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Romain Dumas, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra – Thomas Bangalter: Mythologies
Ensemble Pi – Reparations Now
Christoph Eschenbach, Konzerthausorchester Berlin – Der ferne Klang …: Orchestral Works & Songs by Franz Schreker
Mahan Esfahani, Carolyn Sampson – Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, George Petrou – N.A. Porpora: Carlo il Calvo
Raphaël Feuillâtre – Visages Baroques
Thierry Fischer, Utah Symphony – Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles…
Martin Fröst- Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss
Edward Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 3
Véronique Gens, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d’Hérin – Desmarest: Circé
Mak Grgic – A Night in Upper Town: The Music of Zoran Krajacic
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan, Lia Hakhnazaryan – Inner World
Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Roberto Sierra: Symphony No. 6; Sinfonietta for String Orchestra; Two Pieces for Orchestra
Lucy Humphris, Harry Rylance – Obscurus: Davies, Janáček, Messiaen, Raskovic, Respighi, Takemitsu
Martin Jones, Rebeca Omordia, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews – Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 2
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio – In Celebration: The Piano Trios of Stanley Silverman
Simon Keenlyside, Raphael Wallfisch, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Madaras – Jonathan Dove: In Exile
Vladimir Kulenovic, Lake Forest Symphony – Visions: James M. Stephenson – Symphony No. 3
Piers Lane – Piers Lane Goes to Town Again
Yunchan Lim, Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, Seokwon Hong – Beethoven, Isang Yun, Barber
London Haydn Quartet – Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42 & 77; Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Fabio Luisi, Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies
Joseph Lulloff, Yu-Lien The – New Stories
Tim Mead – Beauteous Softness
Fabio Mechetti, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra – Carlos Gomes: Opera Overtures and Preludes
John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Cyrille Dubois, Christopher Maltman – Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Cléopâtre
New Morse Code, Tigue – Lost and Found
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal – Sibelius: 3 & 4
Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters
Piatti Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, Heath Quartet – Bracing Change 2
Quatuor Byron, Matteo Mela – Souvenir d’Espagne: Turina, Castelnuovo-Tedesco
RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik, Justin Doyle – George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems – Blow, Croft
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot – Buxtehude: Salvator Mundi
Carlo Rizzi, Iván Ayón Rivas, Ramón Vargas, Britten Sinfonia – Mercadante: Il Proscritto
Jean Rondeau – Gradus ad Parnassum
François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra – Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Debussy: Jeux
Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Philharmonia Orchestra – Santtu conducts Strauss
Carolyn Sampson, Martyn Brabbins, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, University of Birmingham Voices – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Requiem
Costanza Savarese, Emanuele Arciuli – William Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes
Arabella Steinbacher, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lawrence Foster – Bruch & Korngold
Karim Sulayman, Sean Shibe – Broken Branches
Gemma Summerfield, Abi Hyde Smith, Gareth Brynmor John, Jocelyn Freeman – The Poet’s Echo: Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker – Bruckner 9
Camille Thomas – The Chopin Project: The Franchomme Legacy
Cédric Tiberghien – Variation[s], Vol. 1: Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Webern
Agnese Toniutti – John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes
Sarah Traubel, Andreas Scholl – De Profundis
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton – Ivo Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night & other choral works
Trio Nebelmeer – Chausson, Saint-Saëns: Piano Trios
Flavio Varani – Paul Paray: Seven Piano Pieces
Marina Viotti, Gabriel Bianco – Porque existe otro querer
Voces8, Eric Whitacre – Eric Whitacre: Home
Wild Up – Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Prélude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)
Jeffrey Zeigler – Slow Beethoven
