Current Classical Highlights

A number of of the albums we reviewed previously month spotlight the legacies of some nice artists. There’s a stay recording of octogenarian Neeme Jarvi main the Estonian Nationwide Symphony Orchestra and State Choir Latvija. There are highlights of Renée Fleming’s stay performances on the Metropolitan Opera, and from Ludwig Güttler’s favourite recordings as he retires from live performance life. Decca has issued excerpts from Georg Solti’s well-known recording of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, which it has dubbed “The Golden Ring.” And sure, Bruno Walter was one other legendary conductor, however he additionally composed, and the Aron Quartett (pictured) have recorded a few of his chamber music. You will additionally discover artists and music right here which are already beginning to reward listeners with fabled performances.

Daniel Abraham, Joshua Cohen, Ensemble Sprezzatura – Altissima: Works for Excessive Baroque Trumpet

Luciano Acocella, Patrick Kabongo Mubenga, Emmanuel Franco, Krakow Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra – Auber: Le Philtre

Marin Alsop, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra – Schumann (re-orchestraed by Mahler): Symphony No. 3 ‘Rhenish’; Symphony No. 4

Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico – Haydn 2032, No. 13: Hornsignal

Aoi Trio – Piano Trios: Martinu No. 1, Dvorák No. 3

Aron Quartett, Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi – Bruno Walter: String Quartet; Piano Quintet

Klaudiusz Baran, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michal Klauza – Polish Accordion Concertos: Blazewicz, Majkusiak, Przybylski

Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart – Franz Schubert: Messe As-Dur D678

Esther Birringer – Debussy: Photographs I & II; Ballade; Masques; Arabesque No. 1; And so forth.

Simon Callaghan, Symphony Orchestra St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas – The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 85: Reinecke

Cantus, Tove Ramlo-Ystad – Yggdrasil

Clarion Choir, Steven Fox – Rachmaninoff: All-Night time Vigil

David Cooper, Alexander Kerr, Orion Weiss – Berkeley, Brahms, Leshnoff: Horn Trios

Cupertinos, Luís Toscano – Pedro de Cristo: Magnificat, Marian Antiphons; Missa Salve regina

Dessoff Choirs, Malcolm J. Merriweather – Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross

Dulces Exuviae, Romain Bockler, Bor Zuljan – Toutes les nuits

Frank Dupree, Rundfink-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dominik Beykirch – Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5; Concerto Op. 104; Sinfonietta Op. 49

Abdel Rahman El Bacha – Chopin: Préludes, Fantaisie, Berceuse & Barcarolle

Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d’Oro – Mozart: The Symphonies – The Starting and the Finish

Vladimir Feltsman- Schumann: ‘Abegg’ Variations; Papillons; Davidsbündlertänze; and many others.

Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera – Her Best Moments on the Met

Amanda Forsythe, Apollo’s Fireplace, Jeannette Sorrell – Heavenly Bach: Arias & Cantatas of J.S. Bach

Julie Fuchs, Thomas Hengelbrock – Amadè

Véronique Gens, Alexandre Bloch, Orchestre Nationwide de Lille – Poulenc: La Voix Humaine

Gothic Voices, Andrew Lawrence-King – The Splendour of Florence with a Burgundian Resonance

Ludwig Güttler – In allen meinen Taten

Tine Factor Helseth, Ensemble Allegria – Seraph

Angela Hewitt – Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284, K309

Owain Arwel Hughes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7

Ivan Ilić – Jongen: 13 Préludes; 24 Petits Préludes dans tous les tons

Steven Isserlis, Connie Shih – A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888

Neeme Järvi, Estonian Nationwide Symphony Orchestra, State Choir Latvija – Neeme Järvi in Live performance: Mozart, Wagner, Brahms, Reger

John Jeter, Württembergische Philharomnie Reutlingen – Value: Songs of the Oak; Concerto Overtures Nos. 1 and a couple of; The Oak; Colonial Dances; Suite of Dances

Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl – Josef Labor: Quintet for clarinet Op. 11; Quintet in D; Clarinet Trios

King’s Singers, Fretwork – Tom & Will: Weelkes & Byrd, 400 Years

Christian Kluxen, Arktisk Filharmoni – Lasse Thoresen: Lyden av Arktis

Felix Koch, Gutenberg Soloists, Neumeyer Consort – George Philipp Telemann: Completet Cantatas Vol. 2

Ton Koopman – Handel: 5 Nice Suites for Harpsichord (London, 1720)

Tomáš Král, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Jarosław Thiel – Kings within the North

Christian-Pierre La Marca, Le Live performance de la Loge, Julien Chauvin – Legacy

Jun Märkl, Residentie Orkest den Haag- Saint-Saëns: Dances and Ballet Music

Fiona McGown, Margaux Blanchard, Les Ombres, Sylvain Sartre – Bach-Abel Society

Tim Mead, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen – Sacroprofano

Midori, Jean-Yves Thibaudet – Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Maria Milstein, Phion Orchestra, Otto Tausk – Prokofiev: Violin Concertos

Riccardo Muti, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piero Pretti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Mark Padmore, Mitsuko Uchida – Schubert: Schwanengesang; Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte

Piatti Quartet – Boyle, Moeran, Eire, Vaughan Williams

Beatrice Rana, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos

Konstantin Reymaier – César Franck: Trois Items & Trois Chorals

Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins – Elgar: Viola Concerto; Bloch: Suite for viola and orchestra

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles – Les Nuits de Paris: Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra

Fazil Say – Bach: Goldberg Variations

Leila Schayegh, La Centifolia – Ciaccona!

András Schiff – J.S. Bach: Clavichord

Tetiana Shafran – Piano Works by Ravel, Chopin, Tchaikovsky

Ksenija Sidorova, Latvian Nationwide Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga – Arturs Maskats: Accordion Concerto; Tango; Cantus Diatonicus; My River Runs to Thee

Hopkinson Smith – Brilliant and Early

Georg Solti – Wagner: The Golden Ring – Nice Scenes from Der Ring des Nibelungen

Andreas Staier – J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier – Erster Teil

Stile Antico – The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd

Richard Stoltzman, Alexander Jiménez, George Manahan – Anthony Iannaccone: Trying Again, Shifting On

Takács Quartet – Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets

Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt – Schubert: Piano Trios; Notturno; Rondo; Arpeggione Sonata

Varied Artists – William McClelland: The place the Shadow Glides

Rosalind Ventris – Sola: Music for Viola by Ladies Composers

Orion Weiss – Arc II: Ravel, Brahms, Shostakovich

Franz Welser-Möst, Wiener Philharmoniker – Neujahrskonzert 2023 New Yr’s Live performance