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Classical Highlights for April 2024


The place to start? There are numerous glorious decisions for sampling amongst this month’s new evaluations. Begin with Vaughan Williams: A Birthday Garland, a belated celebration of the composer’s one hundred and fiftieth birthday, put collectively by baritone Roderick Williams (pictured) and pianist Susie Allen. Two piano concertos performed by the younger Jonathan Fournel are an pleasing instance of a brand new era of Mozart interpreters. One other recording that must be heard is a dwell 2006 model of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 led by the late Bernard Haitink. And for many who like new music, the Takács Quartet be a part of with pianist-vocalist Clarice Assad and bandoneonist Julien Labro for a program that works effectively with items by a range of up to date composers.

Classical April Releases
Classical April Releases

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies – From Berlin to Hamburg

Marco Angioloni, Il Groviglio – Haendel: Poro, re delle Indie

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma – Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 “Archduke”

Sergei Babayan, Daniil Trifonov – Rachmaninoff for Two

Richard Baker – Richard Baker: The Tyranny of Enjoyable

Barcelona Clarinet Gamers – Jack Stamp: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 – Music for Clarinet Quartet

Michael Barenboim, Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim – Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte

Maya Beiser – Maya Beiser x Terry Riley: In C

Benedict XVI Choir & Orchestra, Richard Sparks – Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten; Messe des Malades

Fabrice Bollon, Staatskapelle Halle – Richard Strauss: Josephs Legende

William Boughton, Yale Symphony Orchestra – Paul Reale: American Mosaic

Rudolf Buchbinder – Brahms, Reger: Tune Transcriptions

Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima – Giuseppe Tartini: Diavolo – 6 Violin Sonatas

Alpesh Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Hamlet; Capriccio italien; Fatum; and many others.

Julien Chauvin, Le Live performance de la Loge – Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni; La Follia

Bojan Čičić, Steven Devine – George Frideric Handel: Full Violin Sonatas

Laurence Cummings, Academy of Historical Music – Mozart: Piano Concertos K238, K242, K246

Bridget Cunningham – Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and different keyboard works

Lucas Debargue – Fauré: Full Music for Solo Piano

Sabine Devieilhe, Mathieu Pordoy – Mozart, R. Strauss: Lieder

Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës – Louis Beydts: Mélodies & Songs

Maarten Engeltjes, Shira Patchornik, Prjct Amsterdam – Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus

Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey – The Lamb’s Journey: A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber

Les Épopées, Stéphane Fuget – Lully, Vol. 4: Te Deum

Jonathan Fournel, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Howard Griffiths – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467

Pierre Gallon, Matthieu Boutineau – François Couperin: Concert events Royaux

Choir of Girton School, Cambridge; Western Wyndes – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 4: Missa Gustate et Videte; Motets for Holy Week and Easter

Bernard Haitink, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks – Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 8

Paavo Järvi, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphonies

Kim Josephson, Robynne Redmon, Gerard Schwarz – Michael Dellaira: The Leopard

Giorgio Koukl, Virginia Rossetti – Rieti: Full Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol. 2

Marek Kozák, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Jindra – Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos

Kraken Consort – O’er the Moor: Songs and Dances from Scotland and Eire

Vincent Larderet – Ravel: The Full Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

David Full of life, Michael Gielen – Ferruccio Busoni: Konzert für Klavier und Orchester in C-Dur, Op. 39

Will Liverman, Jonathan King – Present Me the Method

George Lloyd, BBC Philharmonic, Albany Symphony Orchestra – George Lloyd: The Symphonies Nos. 1 – 6

Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris – Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Yoshika Masuda, HyeJin Kim – Hidden Flame

Rebecca Miller, BBC Live performance Orchestra – Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works

Nikita Mndoyants – Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 4 & 8; Scherzo; Mndoyants: Nocturne

Nationwide Arts Centre Orchestra – Fact in Our Time: Philip Glass – Symphony No. 13

Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya – Gottlieb Muffat: Componimenti musicali per il cemablo

Florian Noack – I Wanna Be Like You: The Piano Transcriptions

Gianandrea Noseda, Nationwide Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: The Full Symphonies

Antonio Pappano, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Mussorgsky: Evening on Bald Mountain (Unique variations of 1867 & 1880)

PaTRAM Institute Male Choir, Ekaterina Antonenko, Igor Morozov, Evgeny Kachurovski – Rachmaninoff: All-Evening Vigil

Markus Poschner, Bruckner Orchester Linz – Bruckner: Symphony #3 (1889 Model)

Beatrice Rana – Chopin, Beethoven: Sonatas – Funeral March, Hammerklavier

Imants Resnis, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra – Fridrich Bruk: Orchestral Music, Vol. 5

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle – George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus; Laudate pueri; Nisi Dominus

Masato Suzuki – Bach: Das Wohltemperiert Klavier 1

Takács Quartet, Julien Labro, Clarice Assad – Takács, Assad, Labro

Les Temps Présents, Les Pages et Les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli – Charpentier: David et Jonathas

Chris P. Thompson – Keep the Similar

Alain Trudel, Orchestre Classique de Montréal – David Bontemps: La Flambeau

Pablo Urbina, Michael Seal, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Dani Howard: Orchestral Works

Numerous Artists – Pál Hermann: Full Surviving Music, Vol. 3

Premysl Vojta, Florence Millet, Ye Wu – John Cage: Music for Three

Roderick Williams, Susie Allan – Vaughan Williams: A Birthday Garland

Sonya Yoncheva, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare – Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

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