Classical Highlights for April 2024

The place to start? There are numerous wonderful selections for sampling amongst this month’s new critiques. Begin with Vaughan Williams: A Birthday Garland, a belated celebration of the composer’s a 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 gratifying instance of a brand new era of Mozart interpreters. One other recording that needs to be heard is a stay 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 part of with pianist-vocalist Clarice Assad and bandoneonist Julien Labro for a program that works nicely with items by a variety of latest composers.

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 so forth.

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 Historic 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: Live shows 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 (Authentic 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

Varied 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