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Classical Highlights for October 2024


The highlights of this month’s new critiques appear to be primarily vocal releases, with a variety of types. Antonio Pappano, recognized for his opera conducting, leads a rare stay recording of Mendelssohn’s monumental oratorio Elijah. The ladies of the Corvus Consort (pictured) are joined by Louise Thomson for quite a lot of works particularly for feminine voices and harp. Conductor John Wilson follows within the footsteps of John Mauceri in re-constructing older musical, presenting an entire efficiency of Roger & Hammerstein’s Carousel. If you’re searching for instrumental music, there are many worthwhile selections right here additionally.

October Classical Highlights

Alamire, David Skinner, Stephen Farr, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts – William Byrd: The Nice Service; English Anthems

Argento New Music Undertaking, Ensemble Dal Niente, Moist Ink – Andile Khumalo: Tracing Hole Traces

Claudio Arrau – Chopin: The Full Nocturnes and Impromptus

Choir of Trinity Wall Road, Artefact Ensemble – Benedict Sheehan: Akathist

Yulianna Avdeeva – Chopin: Voyage

Sophie de Bardonnèche – Destinées

Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra – Mozart: The Full Piano Concertos

Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk – Mendelssohn: Piano Trios

Célia Oneto Bensaid, Héloïse Luzzati, Shuichi Okada, Tanguy de Williencourt – Rita Strohl: Vol. 2, Musique de chambre

Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel – Cello Goals: Berceuses pour violoncelle et piano

Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling, Ligeti Quartet – The Previous & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy

Fabrice Bollon, Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe, The Lily’s Undertaking – Mussorgsky: Sorochintsï Honest; Salammbô Suite

Claire Sales space, Ensemble 360 – Pierrot Portraits

Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Anthony Payne: Visions and Journeys

Ronald Brautigam – Franz Schubert: Sonatas in A significant, D 959 & B flat main, D 960

Lawrence Brownlee, Carlo Rizzi – Donizetti: Songs Vol. 1

Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull – Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria zart

Calidore String Quartet – Beethoven: The Center Quartets

Pablo Heras-Casado, Anima Eterna Orchestra – Anton Bruckner: 4

Castalian Quartet, Natalie Clein, Danny Driver – Brian Elias: Music for Strings

Chloe Chua, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago, Singapore Symphony Orchestra – Butterfly Lovers & Paganini

Corvus Consort, Louise Thomson – Welcome Pleasure: A Celebration of Girls’s Voices

Anne Le Bozec, Marc Mauillon, Denis Raisin Dadre, Doulce Mémoire – Ronsard et la musique: Cueillez, cueillez votyre jeunesse!

Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances – André Campra: Messe de Requiem

Grace Davidson, George Herbert – Rodrigo Ruiz: Venus & Adonis – A Tune Cycle after Shakespeare

Romain Descharmes, Michael Halász – Fauré: Ballade, Op. 19; Fantaisie, Op. 111; Poulenc: Piano Concerto; Aubade

Sabine Devieilhe, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, György Vashegyi – Rameau: Les Boréades

Romain Dumas, Orchestre Nationwide du Capitole de Toulouse – Jacques Offenbach: La Vie parisienne – Model Unique Inétral 1866

Choral Students of College Faculty Dublin, Desmond Earley, Solstice Ensemble – Chamber Music by James Joyce, Vol. 1

Christoph Eß, Sonja Gornik, Christopher Ward – Golden Horizon: Works for Horn and Orchestra by Richard Strauss

Alice Farnham, BBC Live performance Orchestra, BBC Singers – Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen

Kathleen Ferrier – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Three Rückert Lieder

Vilde Frang, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati – Elgar: Violin Concerto

Richard Galliano – Round Gershwin

Janna Gandelman, Laia Martín – Catalan Violin Works

Stewart Goodyear, Andrew Litton, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3; Piano Sonata No. 7

Raphaela Gromes, Volodymyr Sirenko, Nationwide Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine – Dvorák: Cello Concerto

Marc-André Hamelin – Beethoven: Hammerklavier – Piano Sonatas Op 106 & Op 2 No 3

Eldbjørg Hemsing, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Anders Hillborg: Violin Concerto No. 2; Liquid Marble

Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini – Orazio Benevoli: Missa Benevola for 4 Choirs; Carissimi: Jephte

Fenella Humphreys, BBC Philharmonic, Michael Seal – Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto

Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Tod und Verklärung; Metamorphosen

Jonas Kaufmann – Puccini: Love Affairs

Carlos Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker – Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Erich Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker – Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Igor Levit, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann – Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Late Piano Works

Yuri Liberzon, Piotr Pakhomkin – Piazzolla: Music for Guitar

Daniel Lozakovich, Mikhail Pletnev – Grieg, Franck, Shor-Pletnev, Shostakovich

Alexander Melnikov – Shostakovich: The Preludes & Fugues

Simone Menezes, Ensemble Okay – Rimsky-Koraskov: Scheherazade, a Story

Ingo Metzmacher, SWR Symphonieorchester – Igor Strawinski: Symphonien für Blasinstrumente; Agon; Variationen ‘Aldous Huxley in Memoriam’; Symphonie in C

MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ivor Bolton – Unplayed Tales … in 40 Fingers

Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Elijah

Pene Pati, Bordeaux Aquitaine Nationwide Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume – Nessun dorma

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

Huw Montague Rendall – Contemplation

Siwan Rhys – Letting the Mild In

Reduce Circle, Jesse Rodin – Josquin: I. Motets et chansons

Mari Samuelsen – Life

Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin, Franco Corelli, La Scala Theater Orchestra – Bellini: Norma [1960 Studio]

Grigory Sokolov – Purcell & Mozart

Marek Å tilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra – Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 7

Teresa Stratas, Pierre Boulez – Berg: Lulu

Christiane Libor, Michael Weinius, Derek Welton, Joseph Swensen – Wagner/Swensen: Ring Odyssey

Neil Thomson, Emmanuele Baldini, Pedro Bittencourt, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra – Claudio Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6

Trio Bohémo – Smetana, Schubert: Piano Trios

Numerous Artists – Kaija Saariaho: Maan Varjot; Chateau de l’Âme; True Fireplace; Offrande

Verdi Quartet – Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Full String Quartets

Wojciech Waleczek – Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum

Xiayin Wang, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Gernon – Schurmann: Piano Concerto; Gaudiana; Man within the Sky; Romancing the Strings

Judith van Wanroij, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Julien Chauvin – Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide

Sarah Willis, Sarahbanda – Sarahbanda

John Wilson, Sinfonia of London – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

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