As usual, we heard a wide-ranging variety of music this past month. What stands out in the best releases is the thoughtfulness, whether in the programming of the selected works or the interpretation of them. Anna Lapwood’s (pictured) Firedove was meant to keep listeners guessing and engaged. The Lost Tapes of Sviatoslav Richter demonstrate in detail the profoundness of his playing. Andris Nelsons was joined by pianist Yuja Wang for an elegant entry in his series covering the orchestral music of Shostakovich. And oboist Nicholas Daniel discovers the enjoyable, mid-20th century music of Madeleine Dring. Browse through the list to find other intriguing interpretations and programs.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Kurtág: Játékok

Benjamin Alard, Gerlinde Sämann – Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 10 – Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530; Notenbüchlein für A.M. Bach

Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu – For Dieter: The Past and the Future – Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Nicola Benedetti, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon – Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, Le Consort – Begin the Song!: A Purcell Academy

Michel Béroff – Bach: Overture in the French Style; Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30 & 31

Eleonora Buratto, Jonathan Tetelman, Ludovic Tézier, Daniel Harding – Puccini: Tosca

Karina Canallakis, Gábor Bretz, Rinat Shaham, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Francesca Chiejina, Sarah Connolly, David Temple, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, David Temple – Elgar: The Kingdom

Marianne Croux, Cyrille Dubois, Coline Dutilleul, Guilhem Worms – Georges Bizet: Les Mélodies

Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company – Maurice Greene: Jephtha

Nicholas Daniel, Adam Walker, Amy Harman, Antonio Oyarzábal – Madeleine Dring: Complete Works for Oboe

Simone Dinnerstein, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Baroklyn – Complicité: Bach, Philip Lasser

Ensemble Louise Farrenc – Farrenc, Firsova, Bonis: Chamber Music

Eusebius Quartet – Elgar & Fauré: String Quartets

Isabelle Faust, Jean- Frédéric Neuburger – Ligeti: Concertos – Violin, Piano & Romanesc

Pablo Ferrández – Moonlight Variations

Fretwork – My Days: Orlando Gibbons and Nico Muhly

George Xiaoyuan Fu – Colouring Book

Ophélie Gaillard – Cello Tango

John Eliot Gardiner, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Johannes Brahms: Complete Symphonies

Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir – Rachmaninov: The Bells; Symphonic Dances

Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber – Brahms: Lieder

Girton College Choir, Cambridge; Jeremy West; Western Wyndes – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 5: Motets for the Liturgical Year

Benjamin Grosvenor – Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3; Ballade No. 1; Berceuse; Nocturnes

Franz Halász – Villa-Lobos: The Complete Solo Works

Thomas Hampson, Würth Philharmoniker, Claudio Vandelli – Brahms/Glanert: Vier Präludien und Ernste Gesänge; Brahms: Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn; Etc.

Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’; Souvenir de Florence

Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch – Be Still My Heart: Robert Gund & Wilhelm Grosz

Jack Quartet – Austin Wulliman: Escape Rites

Marija Jelic, Dario Salvi, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – Adolphe Adam: Griseldis

Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen – Cantus

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2: Brahms, Héritte-Viardot

Sheku Kanneh-Mason – Shostakovich & Britten

Les Kapsber’girls – Vox Feminae

Kebyart – Unraveled: Homage to Maurice Ravel

Julian Kershaw, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Oliver Davis: Life

Bomsori Kim, Jakub Hrůša – Bruch & Korngold

Felix Klieser, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Jamie Phillips Northern Colours

David Korevaar – Beethoven: Piano Sonatas – Heroic to Hammerklavier

Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica – Viktor Kalabis: Duettina; Chamber Music; Diptych

Carolyn Kuan, American Composers Orchestra – Huang Ruo: An American Soldier

Anna Lapwood – Firedove

Yunchan Lim, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop – Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3

London Symphony Orchestra, Steve Schermer, Jonathan Pasternack, Bobby Collins – Orchestrating the Wild: Sarah Louise Bassingthwaighte

Charlie Lovell-Jones, Bill Anderson, Rumon Gamba – Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

Magdalen College Choir, Oxford; Mark Williams – Be Still My Soul: Hymns from Magdalen

Jaime Martin, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Gustav Holst: The Planets (and Earth)

Ariane Matiakh, Patricia Petibon, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen Charles Koechlin: Symphony No. 1; Au loin; 3 Mélodies

Anne Akiko Meyers – Beloved

Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6

Clare O’Connell – Light Flowing

Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Laurence Perkins – Honey-Coloured Cow: Moosic for Bassoon

Aaron Pilsan – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi – Mozart: Haffner-Akademie

Konrad Ragossnig – Spanish Guitar Recital

Lucy Railton – Blue Veil

Simon Rattle, Agneta Eichenholz, Katarina Karnéus, London Symphony Orchestra – Janáček: Jenůfa

Lucile Richardot, Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé – Northern Light: Echoes from 17th-century Scandinavia

Sviatoslav Richter – The Lost Tapes: Beethoven – Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 & 31

Christophe Rousset, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Les Talens Lyriques – Antonio Salieri: Cublai, Gran Kan de’ Tartari

Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton – Schubert’s Four Seasons

Aziz Shokhakimov, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Handel: Messiah – Choruses

Albert Cano Smit – Bach: The Art of Fugue

Yeol Eum Son, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Anja Bihlmaier – Ravel: Concertos; Bach/Wittgenstein

Arabella Steinbacher, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Gustavo Gimeno – Beethoven & Lentz

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Christopher Gray – Lament & Liberation

Justin Taylor – Chopin Intime

Alexandre Tharaud – Concertos: Thierry Pécou, Ramon Lazkano, Alex Nante

Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen – Michael Gordon: A Western; Caroline Shaw: How to Fold the Wind

Francesco Tristano- Bach: The 6 English Suites

György Vashegyi – Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys

Mathilde Vialle, Thibaut Roussel, Ronan Khalil, Zachary Wilder – The Last Rose: Songs, Tunes and Dances from a Mysterious Manuscript

Mathias Vidal, Valentin Tournet – Rameau: Platée

Yuja Wang, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works

Franz Welser-Möst, Cleveland Orchestra – Julius Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2

Kahchun Wong, The Hallé – Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

Zemlinsky Quartet – Bedrich Smetana: String Quartets