Oct. 4, 2021
Among the new releases we reviewed this month are some lesser-known compositions by big name composers. Holst's opera The Perfect Fool is very rarely heard, except for the ballet music, but Lyrita recently packaged up a 1967 radio broadcast of it, led by Sir Charles Grove. Dietrich Buxtehude is remembered primarily for his organ music, but revered early music specialist Ton Koopman (pictured above) brings his chamber music to light. Schubert's Eighth and Ninth symphonies are often performed, but his Fifth not so much. René Jacobs has paired it with the slightly better-known Fourth, the "Tragic" Symphony. Check out what else we discovered.
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko - Per l'Orchestra di Dresda: Vol.1 Ouverture
Craig Armstrong - Nocturnes: Music for Two Pianos
Ingar Bergby, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra - Norwegian Opera Overtures
John Brancy, Peter Dugan - The Journey Home: Live from The Kennedy Center
Andreas Brantelid, Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Times of Transition: Cello Concertos by C.P.E. Bach and Haydn
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian - Bellini: I Puritani
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas - Hymns of Kassianí
Seong-Jin Cho, London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi
Imogen Cooper - Le Temps Perdu…: Fauré, Liszt, Ravel, Respighi
Lucy Crowe, Anna Tilbrook - Longing: Lieder by Strauss, Berg, Schoenberg
Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn - K. 421, 458 'Hunt' & 464
Tekla Cunningham, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs - Stylus Phantasticus
Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet - British Oboe Quintets: Bax, Bliss, Delius, Finzi, Vaughan Williams
Iestyn Davies, Fretwork - Lamento
Francesca Dego, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Roger Norrington - Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 1 - KV 216 & KV 218, Violin Sonata KV 304
Anna-Liisa Eller - Strings Attached: The Voice of Kannel
Isabelle Faust, Dominique Horwitz, Alexander Melnikov - Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat; Élégie; Duo Concertant
Feininger Trio - Brahms, Zemlinsky: Piano Trios
Véronique Gens, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas - Passion: Lully, Charpentier, Desmarets
Marie-Catherine Girod - Regards de Femmes
Reinhard Goebel, Berliner Barock Solisten - Mozart: Serenades
Charles Groves, BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra - Holst: The Perfect Fool
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek - Pärt: Passio
Leo Hussain, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse - Camille Saint-Saëns: La Princesse Jaune
René Jacobs, B'Rock Orchestra - Schubert: Symphonies 4 & 5
Kristjan Järvi, Baltic Sea Philharmonic - Max Richter: Exiles
Aimi Kobayashi - Chopin: Preludes; Piano Works
Ton Koopman - Dieterich Buxtehude: Complete Chamber Music
Anna Lapwood - Images
L'Escadron Volant de la Reine - Kapsberger "Il Tedesco" in Rome, 1610
Christian Li, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Jan Lisiecki - Frédéric Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
Alexander Melnikov, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Tragic Overture; Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)
Merz Trio - Ink
Joseph Moog - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Four Pieces, Op. 119
Daniel Müller-Schott, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Four Visions of France: French Cello Concertos
Nash Ensemble - Bruch: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10; Romance Op. 85; Four Pieces Op. 70; Piano Trio Op. 5
Victor Nicoara - Busoni: The 6 Sonatinas
Víkingur Ólafsson - Mozart & Contemporaries
Orchestra of the Swan - Vivaldi Sleep
Alice Sara Ott - Echoes of Life
Alain Planès - Frédéric Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree - A Poet's Love: Prokofiev- Romeo and Juliet; Schumann - Dichterliebe
Carolyn Sampson, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Pascal Rophé - Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Sean Shibe - Camino
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Agnus Dei
Yaara Tal - Tracing Bach
Voces8 - Infinity
Choir of York Minster, Robert Sharpe - Threads of Gold II
Roger Zahab, Fifth House Ensemble - Daron Hagen: Orson Rehearsed
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Martin Helmchen - Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas - Sonatas 8-10