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    The highlights of past month’s releases were dominated by eastern European and French music. Tõnu Kaljuste and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir newest recording of Arvo Pärt’s Berliner Messe is distinctive; as is an album of large orchestral works by Valentin Silvestrov conducted by Christopher Lyndon-Gee, one of Russian cello sonatas performed by Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, and Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues played by Yulianna Avdeeva. Quatuor Debussy and vibraphonist Franck Tortiller continue the Ravel tributes with a jazzed-up interpretation of Le Tombeau de Couperin. A contemporary of Ravel, Marcel Tournier, is not as well-known, but harpist Emmanuel Ceysson (pictured), gives us a great introduction to his music. Discover more in our current batch of reviews.

    August Classical Reviews

    Claudio Arrau – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals: Pasadena, California, USA, 1977, 1981 & 1986

    Yulianna Avdeeva – Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

    Maya Beiser – Salt

    Black Oak Ensemble – Dance of the Night Sky

    Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms, Wolf: Lieder

    Douglas Bostock, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim – British Music for Strings IV

    Félicien Brut – L’Accordéoniste: Préludes, Valses & Envols

    Camerata Øresund – In Wilhelmine’s footsteps: Music of the Bayreuth Court

    Karina Canellakis, Edward Gardner, Dima Slobodeniouk, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tania León: Horizons; Raíces (Origins); Stride; Pasajes

    Cantus – Fields of Wonder

    Emmanuel Ceysson, Véronique Gens, Quatuor Voce – Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

    Alpesh Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2; Marche slave; The Storm; Entr’acte, Waltz, and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

    Chiaroscuro Quartet – Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33/4-6

    Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf – Mozart: Violin Concertos

    Bojan Čičić, Illyria Consort – Heinrich Biber: Violin Sonatas – 1681

    Fanny Clamagirand, Han Chen, Malmö Opera Orchestra, John Jeter – Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Piano Concerto in One Movement; Dances in the Canebrakes

    Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo – Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) HWV248, 249b, 251b, 256a

    Warwick Cole, Corelli Orchestra – William Hayes: Instrumental Music

    Manfred Cordes, Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble – Musik der Hansestädte, Vol. 3: Musik aus dem alten Magdeburg

    Cuarteto Casals – Dmitri Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – Nos. 6-12

    Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Philharmonic – King of Kings: J.S. Bach

    Jan Willem de Vriend, NDR Radiophilharmonie – Emilie Mayer: Symphonies 4 & 6

    Samantha Ege – Maestra: Julia Perry & Doreen Carwithen – Concertos

    Olari Elts, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra – Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris

    Ensemble Modern, Halle Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan Morton – Hannah Kendall: Shouting Forever into the Receiver

    Raphaël Feuillâtre – Spanish Serenades

    Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, Matilda Lloyd – Radiant Dawn

    Morta Grigaliunaite – Rautavaara: Complete Piano Works

    Owain Arwel Hughes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Welsh Music for Strings

    Léo Ispir, Luka Ispir – Ispir

    John Jeter, Sara Swietlicki, Lindsay Grace Johnson, Jonas Samuelsson – Florence Beatrice Price: Choral Works

    Sean Jones, Nicholas Phan, Joseph Young – Joel Puckett: Short Stories in London

    Tonu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Concerto Copenhagen – Arvo Pärt: Lente

    Parry Karp, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods – Ernest Bloch: Schelomo (Solomon) Hebraic Rhapsody; Suite for Viola and Orchestra

    Christina Landshamer, Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, Justin Doyle, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Ludwig Mittelhammer – Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1

    Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions: Complete Collection

    Julieth Lozano Rolong, João Araújo – Alma: Ibero-American Songs

    Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Janusz Wawrowski, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra – Silvestrov: Symphony No. 8; Violin Concerto

    Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris – Berlioz, Ravel

    Jaime Martín, Gävle Symphony Orchestra – Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Böcklin; Romantic Suite

    Blair McMillen – Peter Scott Lewis: Pacific Triptych

    Alexander Melnikov, Julia Lezhneva – Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations; Romances

    Choir of Merton College, Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas; Britten Sinfonia – Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow; Elgar; Ireland; Stanford; Walton; Wesley

    Miró Quartet, Kiera Duffy – Ginastera: String Quartets

    Ikuyo Nakamichi, Ensemble Amideo, Michiyoshi Inoue – The Last Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23

    Susan Narucki, Curtis Macomber – György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments

    New York Polyphony – Sky of My Heart

    Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Transatlantic

    Sakari Oramo, BBC Synphony Orchestra – Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 – Symphony No. 2, Piano Concerto, Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra

    Andreas Ottensamer, José Gallardo – Romanza

    Evren Ozel, Jan Mrácek, Howard Griffiths – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 “Jenamy” KV 271 & 12 KV 414; Violin Concerto No. 2 KV 211

    Alexandra Papastefanou – J.S. Bach: The English Suites

    Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque – Just Biber

    Karen Bentley Pollick, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams – Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1: Three Violin Concertos

    Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia – Clive Osgood: English Folksongs

    Quatuor Debussy, Franck Tortiller – Ravels: Quatuor à cordes; Ma mère l’oye; Les danses de Ravel

    La Reveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – London Circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & Friends

    Christophe Rousset – François Couperin: Portraits

    Tamar Sagiv – Shades of Mourning

    Dario Salvi, Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava – Marschner: Overtures and Stage Music, Vol. 3

    Konstantin Scherbakov – Liszt: Mozart and Donizetti Opera Transcriptions

    Zina Schiff, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Avlana Eisenberg, Valerie Stark – Alan Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2; Works for Violin and Piano

    Andrè Schuen – Mozart

    Elena Schwarz, WDR Sinfonieorchester – Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2; Illustration symphonique pour Pogromes d’André Spire; La Mise au tombeau du Titien

    Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

    Julia Sinclair, Marijn Cinjee – Wind Takes Flight: Hildegard x Electronics

    Tugan Sokhiev, Wiener Philharmoniker – Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2025

    Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez – Sparks from Ashes

    Curtis Stewart, Michael Repper – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Curtis Stewart – Seasons of Change

    Synergy Vocals, Colin Currie Group, New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden – Steve Reich: Jacob’s Lader; Traveler’s Prayer

    Marcel Tadokoro – Adolf von Henselt: Complete Piano Études

    Telegraph Quartet – Edge of the Storm: Bacewicz, Britten, Weinberg

    Tenebrae, Nigel Short –

    Alexandre Tharaud – Satie Discoveries

    Nobuyuki Tsujii – The Verbier Debut Recital

    Vilém Vlcek, Denis Linnik – Bohuslav Martinů: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano

    Xuefei Yang – Chapeau Satie

    Zéphyros Winds – Desert Pass



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