Publisher Martin Cullingford presents exceptional new recordings of French piano duets, Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Elgar’s Violin Concerto, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, Ligeti’s Etudes, and more
“French Duets”
Steven Osborne, Paul Lewis pf
Hyperion
Two of today’s most compelling soloists come together for this beautiful recital – from the brilliance of Ravel to the playfulness of Poulenc, via the sublime Debussy, this album is pure bliss from start to finish.
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Beethoven Triple Concerto. Symphony No. 2
Isabelle Faust vn Jean‑Guihen Queyras cv Alexander Melnikov pf Friborg Baroque Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado
Harmonia Mundi
Collaborative music at its finest.
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Elgar Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata
Renaud Capucon vn Stephen Hough pf London Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle
Erato
Refined and emotional elgar from a violinist who deeply understands the heart of this music.
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Mahler Symphony No. 4
Anna-Lucie Richter coax Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša
Accented
Mahler’s moving and beautifully crafted sweep of the symphony is superbly presented by a consistently impressive conductor and players deeply immersed in his idiom.
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‘Occurrence’
Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Bjarnason
Sound Luminus
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s three-disc survey of new music tied to its homeland comes to an end, exploring landscape and soundscape with extraordinary imagination.
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Ligeti Studies
Danny Driver pf
Hyperion
Danny Driver’s fascinating musings in the latest issue on Ligeti’s Etudes set the stage perfectly for listening to the recording, and he’s one that brilliantly captures and then delivers all the inventiveness and virtuosity of the music. .
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‘(Re)Creations’
Zlata Chochieva pf
Accented
Zlata Chochieva follows her splendid recent albums of Chopin and Rachmaninoff with something as intriguing as it is captivating: transcriptions that reveal both form and a formidable pianist at his best.
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Gesualdo Madrigals, Books 3 & 4
Les Arts Florissants / Paul Agnew
Harmonia Mundi
Les Arts Florissants follow the award-winning first installment of their Gesualdo series of madrigals with a new volume that is just as intense in its intimacy and artistry.
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Eccles Mixes
soils; Academy of Early Music / Julian Perkins
AAM recordings
Remarkably, John Eccles’ last opera was not performed until 1964 and is only now getting its second recording – but what a spellbinding and engaging plea it receives here.
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Lise Davidson tunes and songs
Lise Davidson coax London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
Decca
Few young artists have generated such a buzz as our cover artist, and his hugely impressive new album reveals exactly why.
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Donizetti Pietro il Grande, Kzar of Russia
soils; Gli Originali Orchestra / Rinaldo Alessandrini
Dynamic
This first DVD of the opera, taken from the festival devoted to the composer, is well recommended by Tim Ashley.
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Kancheli ‘The Legacy’
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra / Djansug Kakhidze
Cugate
A very valuable – and remarkably performed – collection of Kancheli’s symphonic music by a conductor, Djansug Kakhidze, who worked closely with the composer throughout his career.
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