New Classical Reviews

As the seasons changed in June, AllMusic's Classical reviews for the month contrast the old with the new. There were a number of releases by well-known, veteran musicians, such as Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Philippe Herreweghe, Neeme Järvi, and Jordi Savall. And then there are the newcomers, like pianist Yeol Eum Son, mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, and violinist Tobias Feldmann; and those who have been making music for a few years, but are not yet household names, such as violist Helen Callus, conductor Darrell Ang, Baroque violinist and conductor Federico Guglielmo, and pianist Vadym Kholodenko.

Blair Sanderson
Darrell Ang, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra - Smetana: Festive Symphony; The Bartered Bride Overture and Dances
Francesca Aspromonte - Prologue
Steven Devine - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Complete Solo Keyboard Works
Marianne Dumas - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suites - Rediscovering the Baroque Technique
Richard Egarr - One Byrde in Hande
Federico Guglielmo - Andrea Amati Carlo IX, Le Origini del Violino
Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine [2017 Recording]
Jakub Hrusa, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra - Bartók & Kodály: Concertos for Orchestra
Vadym Kholodenko - Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Etudes & Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5
Etienne Meyer, Les Traversées Baroques - San Marco di Venezia: The Golden Age
Modern Art Orchestra - Modern Art Orchestra Plays Béla Bartók: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel - Benevolo: Missa Si Deus pro Nobis; Magnificat
Hervé Niquet, Véronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois - Fromental Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
Nigel North, Les Voix Humaines - John Dowland: Lachrimae
Josetxu Obregón, La Ritirata - Neapolitan Concertos for various instruments
Justin Taylor - Continuum: Scarlatti, Ligeti
Gottlieb Wallisch, Wiener Akademie Orchester, Martin Haselböck - Resound Beethoven, Vol. 6: Symphony 8 & Concerto for Piano after the Violin Concerto

James Manheim
Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan - Prokofiev for Two
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
The Brook Street Band - Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo
Helen Callus - British Music for Viola and Orchestra
Michael Collins, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Crusell: The Three Clarinet Concertos; Introduction et air suédois
Continuum - Roberto Sierra: Kandinsky - Clarinet Sonata; Treinta y tres formas de mirar un mismo objeto
Cuarteto Casals - Inventions: Ludwig van Beethoven - Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
Stéphane Degout, Arcangelo, Samuel Boden - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres
Doric String Quartet, Peter Oundjian - John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music; Absolute Jest
James Ehnes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner - Walton: Viola Concerto; Partita for Orchestra; Sonata for String Orchestra
Friedemann Eichhorn, Jena Philharmonic, Nicolás Pasquet - Pierre Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 11 and 12
Arthur Fagen, Indiana University Orchestras - David Diamond: Symphony No. 6; Rounds for String Orchestra; Romeo and Juliet
Tobias Feldmann, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow - Sibelius, Rautavaara: Violin Concertos
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh - A Rose Magnificat
Boris Giltburg - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall - Musica Nova: Harmonie des Nations, 1500-1700
Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 27 No. 1, No. 31 No. 2, Op. 79, Op. 109
Stephen Hough - Stephen Hough's Dream Album
Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Diego Fasolis- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Neeme Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra - Strauss in St. Petersburg
Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Deborah Nemtanu, Sarah Nemtanu - Martinu: Double Concertos for Violin & Piano; Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Pavel Kolesnikov - Louis Couperin
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava - Georgy Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers
Christian Lindberg, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Allan Pettersson: Symphonies 5 & 7
The Mozartists, Ian Page - Mozart in London
Gaku Nakagawa - Georg Philipp Telemann: Six Ouvertures
Nash Ensemble - Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 3; Serenade for String Trio; Sextet for Piano, Clarinet, Horn & String Trio
Neave Trio - French Moments: Fauré, Debussy, Roussel
Peter Oundjian, Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, Teng Li - Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi
Sophie Pacini - In Between: Schumann & Mendelssohn
Amit Peled - To Brahms, with Love
Maurizio Pollini - Debussy: Preludes II; En blanc et noir
Anita Rachvelishvili - Anita
Carolyn Sampson - Soprano's Schubertiade
Yeol Eum Son, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K 467; Sonata, K 330; Variations on "Lison dormait", K 264; Fantasy, K 475
The Choir of St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Andrew Nethsingha - Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Jean-Luc Tingaud, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - Poulenc: Les Biches Suite; Les Animaux modèles Suite; Sinfonietta
Trio Wanderer - Haydn: Piano Trios XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31
Les Vents Français - Concertante!
Johannes Wildner, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien - Johann Nepomuk David: Symphonies 2 & 4

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