We’re catching up on some Grammy nominees and, after all, there have been the vacation music releases, however together with all of these are some stand-out performances value sampling. French mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre recorded a wide-ranging program of affection songs. Talking of French music, Xavier Phillips (pictured) and Cédric Tiberghien collaborated to cowl all of Fauré’s music for cello. Two different noteworthy new releases cowl music by Arvo Pärt, one by Cappella Romana and one by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Get pleasure from!
Akmi Duo – Past the Wall
Joseph Alessi, UNLV Wind Orchestra, Thomas G. Leslie – Joe’s Tango: Concerto for Trombone & Different Works
Nicholas Angelich – Hommage
Howard Arman, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks – Angelus advert Pastores: Weihnachtsgeschichte
Piotr Beczała, Rosa Feola, Quinn Kelsey, Daniele Rustioni – Verdi: Rigoletto
Leonard Bernstein – The Maestro: The Very Better of Leonard Bernstein
Brooklyn Rider – The Wanderer
A.B. Spellman, Alex Brown, Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, Edward Perez, Neal Smith – Ardour for Bach and Coltrane by Jeff Scott
Julia Bullock, Christian Reif – Strolling within the Darkish
Cappella Romana, Alexander Lingas – Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance
Gautier Capuçon – Vacation spot Paris
Chiaroscuro Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 74 & 130
David Childs, Rex Richardson, Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs – Peter Graham: Pressure of Nature
Ya-Fei Chuang, Laurence Cummings, Academy of Historic Music, Robert Levin – Mozart: Piano Concertos K242, K315f, K365
Live performance Clemens, Adam Riis, Carsten Seyer-Hansen – Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte
Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko – 1883: R. Strauss, Grieg, Fauré
Lise Davidsen – Christmas from Norway
Delgani String Quartet, Clarice Assad – Soul of Brazil
Lea Desandre, Thomas Dunford – Idylle
Karine Deshayes, Les Paladins, Jérôme Corréas – Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate!
Maxim Emelyanychev, Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5
Maxim Emelyanychev, Ivan Podyomov, Il Pomo d’Oro – Mozart: The Symphonies – Symphonies 29 & 40; Oboe Concerto
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi- Mozart: Symphonies 36 ‘Linz’ – 38 ‘Prague’
Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras – Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet & Quintet
Eric Ferring, Quatuor Agate, Madeline Slettedahl – Now we have tomorrow
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park – Morning Star
Ghost Practice Orchestra, Kronos Quartet – Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
Nathanaël Gouin, Sinfonia Varsovia, Aleksandar Markovic – Caprice
Andrew Grams / Chineke! Orchestra – The Nutcracker Suite: Tchaikovsky arr. Ellington, Strayhorn, Tyzik
Thomas Guthrie, Barokksolistene – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
IKON, David Hill – Venite, Gaudete!: Choral Music for Christmas
John Jeter, Fort Smith Symphony – Louis Wayne Ballard: The 4 Moons; Satan’s Promenade; Fantasy Aborigine No. 3 ‘Kokopelli’; Scenes from Indian Life
Tõnu Kaljuste, Maria Listra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra – Arvo Pärt: Tractus
Kebyart – Traum der Jugend
King’s Faculty Choir of Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Hyde – Rutter: Orchestral Carols
Wilhem Latchoumia – Villa-Lobos: Do Brasil
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra – Berlioz: Les Nuit d’Été; Ravel: Shéhérazade; Saint-Saëns: Mélodies Persanes
Alexandra Mackenzie, Ingrid Sawers – Past Twilight: Music for cello & piano by feminine composers
Oleg Maisenberg, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Adam Fischer – Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy, Op. 15
Anthony McGill, Pacifica Quartet – American Tales
Choir of Merton Faculty, Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas – Bob Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio
Anne Akiko Meyers, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel – Fandango: Márquez, Ginastera
The Mozartists, Ian Web page – Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Symphony Orchestra – Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Aisslinn Nosky, Handel & Haydn Society – Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2
Maxime Pascal, Le Comèdie-Française, Le Balcon – Weill-Brecht-Hauptmann: L’Opéra de Quat’sous
Bruno Philippe, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanguy de Williencourt – Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Franck, Fauré, Poulenc
Xavier Phillips, Cédric Tiberghien – Fauré: L’Oeuvre pour Violoncelle et Piano
Rowan Pierce, Roderick Williams, Christopher Glynn – Schubert in English, Vol. 4
Mathieu Romano, Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles – Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Litanies à la Vierge noire
Johannes Rostamo, Jacob Mühlrad, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado – Jacob Mühlrad: REMS
François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles – Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems; Le Carnaval des Animaux; L’Assassinat du Duc de Guise
Sacconi Quartet – Schubert: Demise and the Maiden; Beethoven: Quartet Op. 131
Esa-Pekka Salonen, San Francisco Symphony – Igor Stravinsky: The Ceremony of Spring
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler – Unlocked: Brescianello, Vol. 2
Shara Nova, A Far Cry – The Blue Hour
Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, St. Albans Cathedral Ladies Choir, Oliver Morrell, Tom Winpenny – Elizabeth Poston: Carols and Anthems
St. John’s Faculty Choir, Cambridge; Andrew Nethsingha – Introduction Reside, Vol. 3
St. Martin’s Voices, Andrew Earis – A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset – Jean-Baptiste Lully: Thésée
Simon Trpceski, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru – Brahms: Piano Concertos
Georgy Vasiliev, Julia Muzychenko, Sebastian Weigle – Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Roderick Williams, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder – Frederick Delius: Eine Messe des Lebens (A Mass of Life)
John Wilson, Sinfonia of London, Sinfonia of London Refrain – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Full Ballet
Pieter Wispelwey – In Memoriam II: The Scordatura Album
Seth Parker Woods – Tough Grace
