This yr being the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s delivery, we’re seeing extra recordings of his music, resembling Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s glorious, new traversal of the solo piano works. But there are different noteworthy releases to listen to too, together with Prokofiev’s string quartets by the Quatuor Danel (pictured), who beforehand efficiently lined the Shostakovich cycle; the cohesive mixing of classical music and spirituals by harpist Ashley Jackson on Take Me to the Water; and Beatrice Rana’s return to the music of Bach with 4 keyboard concertos.
Might Classical Opinions
Esther Abrami – Girls
Thomas Adès, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Thomas Adès: Luxurious Suite from Powder Her Face; 5 Spells from the Tempest; Inferno Suite
John Andrews, BBC Live performance Orchestra – Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works
Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, Grete Pedersen – Franz Liszt: By way of Crucis & Solo Piano Works
Arcadia Quartet – Weinberg, Vol. 5: String Quartets Nos 3, 9, and 14; Improvisation and Romance
Ariel Quartet – Beethoven: The Full String Quartets, Vol. 1
Bach Collegium San Diego, Ruben Valenzuela – A Sonic Youth
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet – Ravel: Full Works for Solo Piano
Bevan Household Consort- Attende Domine: Music for Lent & Passiontide
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers – Michael Tippett: New Yr
Martyn Brabbins, English Nationwide Opera Orchestra & Refrain – Havergal Mind: Agamemnon; Sinfonia tragica; Symphony No. 12
Eleonora Buratto, choir and orchestra of the Carlo Felice Theater of Genoa, Sesto Quatrini – indomitable
Sarah Cahill, Regina Myers – D. Riley Nicholson: UP
Costantino Catena, Giulio Arnofi, Arrigoni Archi Academy – Antonio Salieri: Piano Concertos
David Childs, Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs – Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium and Brass Band
Dmytro choni – pilgrimage
Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra – Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3; Statements for Orchestra; Billy the Child Ballet Suite
The Crossing, Donald Nally – David Lang: Poor Hymnal
Lise Davidsen, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner – Wagner: The flying Dutchman
Matthew de Lacey Davidson – The Swish Ghost: Up to date Piano Rags 1960-2021
Nathan Davis, Sylvia Milo – Earthworks
Dudok Quartet- Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol. 2
James Ehnes, Canada’s Nationwide Arts Centre Orchestra – J.S. Bach: The Full Violin Concertos
Malena Ernman, Christina Pluhar, L’Arpegiata – Terra Mater
Margaret Fingerhut – Ukraine: A Piano Portrait
Pierre Fouchenneret, I Giardini – Le Temps des Lilas
Zlatomir Fung – Fantasies
Daniel Grimwood – Schumann: Carnaval; Flour: Sonat
Hyperion Trio – Christian Sinding: Piano Trios Opp. 23, 64 & 87; Six Items for Cello and Piano Op. 66
Yasunori Imamura – Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 1 – Nos. 1, 4 and 5
Ashley Jackson – Take Me to the Water
Lura Johnson – The Artwork of Prelude and Fugue: J.S. Bach, Shostakovich
Carla Kihlstedt, Current Music – 26 Little Deaths
Yo-Yo Ma, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
Malcolm Martineau- The Full Songs of Ravel
Anton Mejias – The Artwork of Reminiscence: Bach – Properly-Tempered Claiver II; Lasser – Preludes
Anne Akiko Meyers, Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller – Michael Daugherty: Blue Electra; Final Dance on the Surf; To the New World
Monteverdi Choir, Jonathan Sells – Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motes
Justin Murphy-Mancini – Organ Music in New England: Cultivating a Residing Custom
Thomas Newman – Of Mice and Males: Music from the Authentic Ballet
Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 ‘The Yr 1905’
Kun-Woo Paik – Mozart: Piano Works 3
Current Music – Raven Chacon: Unvoiced Mass
Quatuor Danel – Prokofiev: String Quartets
4 Diotima – Boulez: Livre pour 4 (2023 recording)
Quiet Music Ensemble, Jack Adler-McKean – Martin Iddon: Hesperides
Beatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta – Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1054, 1056
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel – Liza Lehmann: Songs – A Sensible Future
Martin Rummel, Philippe Raskin – Shostakovich & Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas
Stephen Salters, Donald Berman, David Zobel – Elena Ruehr: Songs for Stephen
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Angel of Peace
Giovanni Sollima, The golden pommel, Federico Guglielmo – Giovanni Sollima: Al -Bundoqiyya – The Misplaced Live performance
Thomas Søndergård, Royal Scottish Nationwide Orchestra – Bacewicz, Lutoslawski, Szymanowski
Michael Spyres, Carlo Rizzi – Donizetti: Songs, Vol. 3
Tamara Stefanovich – Organised Delirium
Third Coast Percussion – Commonplace Stoppages
Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Serenade; Andante Cantabile; Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
TROO CON BROO COPPENHES – Concord You Samir: Rave & Schubace
Voices of Hope, Mark Edwards, Will Todd – Will Todd: All Will Be Properly
Cha-Ather, Eric McEllroy – An English Pastoral
Jing Yang – Excellent Happiness: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland
Rachel Yanan, Kwan Yi – Kiss on Wooden
Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamoto – Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
