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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Hands Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 9/Jan/2026 ] "[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances, going directly to the music's heart and soul...An instant classic." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Piano |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Violin & Piano Concertos, Concert Romanesc Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean-Frederic Neuburger (piano) / Les Siecles [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/May/2025 ] "No memorable performance of such a startling score should be deemed effortless, but this one has the riveting atmosphere of a manic yet fiercely constrained improvisation...the result is a stunning drama." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Concerto |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Yunchan Lim (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] "Lim's searching voice and powers of communication always come across in a performance well worth hearing." Gramophone Editor's Choice 2026 - Piano |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Epoque! Adèle Charvet (mezzo) Florian Caroubi (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] "It's all most beautifully done. Charvet's mezzo is warm and velvety...Caroubi, meanwhile, is a real revelation, a wonderful accompanist, marvellous in his understanding of colour, dynamics and rubato." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Song |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Lieder Album Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] "As so often, they cast a very individual spell over the music, their interpretative approach - introspective but alert, melancholy, often exquisite in its detail and delicacy." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Song |
EMMERICH KALMAN / FRANZ LEHAR / PAUL ABRAHAM
Magische Töne Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Nikola Hillebrand (soprano) / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Dirk Kaftan [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] "Kaufmann's fans will love it and operetta aficionados will find lots to enjoy, too, if they can overcome their reservations about opera stars as tourists in this music." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Song & Vision |
JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL
Songs of Passion Lea Desandre (mezzo) Thomas Dunford (lute), with with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor) [ Erato / CD - released 10/Sep/2025 ] "This is an embarrassment of riches, almost overwhelmingly good...the instrumental playing is so vital and responsive it's as if Dunford has Dowland on speed-dial." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Song |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / GEORGE ENESCU
Octets: Mendelssohn & Enescu Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet [ Erato / CD - released 9/Jan/2026 ] "Recorded in the warm, generous acoustic of Schloss...Few octet recordings so fully reconcile orchestral amplitude with chamber accountability and make it sound inevitable." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Chamber |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos, Solo Works Yuja Wang (piano) Thomas Rolfs (trumpet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] "A genuine collaborative spirit presides over these Shostakovich concerto performances, not to mention the dazzling execution and playful characterisation one expects from this particular piano soloist." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Concerto |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Adriana Mater (complete opera) Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Christopher Purves, Nicholas Phan / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 19/May/2025 ] "The performances are strong. Fleur Barron, carries the title role well. Axelle Fanyo is very competent as the sister Refka...Nicholas Phan is tough and angry as Yonas." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Opera |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Les Divas d'Offenbach Véronique Gens (soprano), Hervé Niquet, Choeur Et Orchestre National Des Pays de La Loire [ Alpha / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] "But as we've come to expect from Palazzetto Bru Zane, this new recital is simultaneously a joy in its own right and a valuable piece of scholarship, with premiere recordings and previously unheard versions ..." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera) Andrew Staples, Magdalena Kožená, Sabine Devieilhe, Linard Vrielink, Allan Clayton / Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Br-Klassik / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2020 ] "Despite controversial moments, Rattle is every bit Gardiner's equal in theatrical energy, and arguably fields the strongest all-round cast in any recording of Mozart's ever-astonishing Enlightenment parable." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Opera |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Le Villi (complete opera) Anita Hartig (soparno) Kang Wang (tenor) Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone) / Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić [ Br-Klassik / CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2025 ] "This new Le Villi from Munich, it should be said at the outset, is the finest recording of Puccini's first opera since Lorin Maazel's 1979 performance, long regarded as the benchmark version of this uneven if oddly compelling work." Gramophone |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck - Arias Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / The Mozartists, Ian Page [ Signum Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] "As well as virtuosity, Hallenberg brings something vital to everything in this assortment, be it an insightful dramatic detail, a point of stylistic nous or a sheer sense of presence." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Voice & Ensemble |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Crucifixus pro nobis - Choral Music Benjamin Hulett (tenor) / Choir of Merton College, Oxford; Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas with François Cloete, Owen Chan (organ) [ Delphian / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] The Choir of Merton College and Benjamin Nicholas here place Rubbra's sacred music at the heart of his creative life, tracing through his career the composer's conviction that faith was not a subject to be illustrated but a principle that governed... |
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch, William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney, etc / Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller [ Ricercar / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] "This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care" Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Choral |
WILLIAM MUNDAY
Mundy - Vox patris caelestis Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney [ Linn Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] "Robert Quinney and the Choir of New College Oxford aim for a steady and safe reading in most cases, supported particularly by a seriously energetic team of boy trebles, who are in general favoured in the acoustic here." Gramophone Award Finalist '26 |
THOMAS ADES / EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar & Ades: Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] "...Adès Concerto here becomes the version that establishes this brilliant and probing work as a repertoire classic, regardless of style, period or place - quite simply, a knockout new album" Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Concerto |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / MICHAEL TIPPETT / WILLIAN WALTON
Tippett, Britten, Walton: Works for Piano and Orchestra Clare Hammond (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] "Intensely concentrated and memorably articulate, Hammond is comprehensively equipped to tackle this music's formidable technical challenges, her exquisitely variegated tonal palette, deft touch and quiet authority truly things of wonder." Gramophone |
AGRESTA / BOLOGNINI / DENTICE / FONTANELLI / LACORCIA / GESUALDO / etc
Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini [ Naive / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] "The more you listen, the more they reveal themselves to be at one with every facet of this demanding music's restless expressive language. Full of surprises and superbly done, this is an almost intoxicatingly pained addition to the catalogue." |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes Cyrille Dubois (tenor) Anne Le Bozec (piano) & company [ Nomad Music / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] "Set down within an ideally intimate space, these are scrupulously prepared and urgently communicative performances, evincing a most pleasing sense of teamwork and freshness of new discovery." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Voice & Ensemble |
HUW WATKINS
Watkins: Fanfare / Symphony no.2 / Concerto for Orchestra Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Hallé / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] "Colourful, imaginatively structured, communicative without being banal, Huw Watkins's music usually spreads instant delight...Pleasure is further enhanced by the pairing of the Hallé's skills with Watkins's individual symphonic language." BBC Music |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos Elizabeth Watts; Rachel Podger / Florilegium; Ashley Solomon [ Channel Classics / CD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] "Concise dances of Tritons are played gracefully and Watts's valorous characterisation is shared emphatically by Florilegium's full-tilt verve in an ecstatic tour de force in praise of Neptune." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Voice & Ensemble |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: The Complete Solo Works Franz Halász (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] "There are arguably few players today better placed than German guitarist Franz Halász to imbue Villa-Lobos's musical language with an entirely modern sensibility that is both respectful and idiosyncratic." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 Instrumental |
GRACE WILLIAMS
Grace Williams: Violin Concerto / Elegy for String Orchestra / Sinfonia concertante for Piano & Orchestra Geneva Lewis (violin), Clare Hammond (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jaime Martín, Jac van Steen [ Lyrita / CD - released 7/Nov/2025 ] "This collection opens magically as New Zealand-American rising star Geneva Lewis brings the Violin Concerto to life with lyrical ardour in dialogue with a gently supportive orchestra as if she were singing out over the sea" Gramophone Award Finalist |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Hilary Cronin, Helen Charlston, Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca, Guy Cutting, Frederick Long, Edward Grint / Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] "This fresh and exhilarating Dublin performance dispels decades of overblown Messiah baggage. A vivid and captivating recording, highly recommended." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Choral |
ORAZIO BENEVOLI
Benevoli: Missae Angelus Domini & Dum complerentur I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth [ Coro / CD - released 3/Apr/2026 ] "This final instalment of I Fagiolini's survey of Baroque composer Benevoli's multi-choir Masses is a triumphant conclusion to the three-part series, as well as a perfect way to mark the group's 40th birthday" Gramophone Award Nomination '26 - Choral |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Violin Concertos, Overture, Suite, Fantasie Isabelle Faust (violin) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] "In league with the high-adrenalin Berlin band, her playing has all the finesse, colour and flamboyant theatricality Telemann's cosmopolitan music demands." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Concerto |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J S: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo Isabelle Faust (violin) Kristin von der Goltz (cello) Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpischord) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] "Isabelle Faust has never cultivated the whale-boned red-carpet glamour that many female soloists feel obliged to pursue. On stage and off, the German violinist's manner is relaxed, her style understated. She sports a gamine, Jeanne d'Arc crop and,... |
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin - The Complete Works Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Clotilde Cantau (soprano), Anais Bertrand (mezzo), Adrien Mabire (cornetto), Thibaut Roussel (theorbo), etc [ Erato / 11 CD/DVD Box Set - released 14/Nov/2025 ] "His phrasing is flexible yet logical, rhetorical in the unfashionable but true sense of the word...In a time when 'completeness' too often means mere obsession, Rondeau's set redefines the term." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Recording of the Year |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Michael Spyres (baritenor) Fatma Said (soprano) / Il Pomo d'Oro Choir, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] "DiDonato mines the character development of Dido, exploring all her emotions with relish..Emelyanychev draws a diverse range of instrumental colours from Purcell's score." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Opera |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys (complete opera) Judith van Wanroij; Kate Aldrich; Cyrille Dubois, Jérôme Bouti / Hungarian National Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra, György Vashegyi [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 9/May/2025 ] "György Vashegyi and his Hungarian forces admirably capture its hurtling momentum and the almost unnerving ferocity of its war music as well as the beauty of the love scenes between Rozenn and Mylio." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Opera |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Visiting Rachmaninoff' Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Jul/2025 ] "I've always associated Lezhneva primarily with Baroque and bel canto repertoire, where her cut-glass soprano sparkles. Her Rachmaninov is quite the revelation." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Song |
REBECCA CLARKE
Clarke: The Complete Songs Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2025 ] "The music-making throughout displays riveting eloquence and burning conviction, with Kitty Whately and Nicholas Phan in particular operating at the very top of their game...One of the year's best, without a shadow of a doubt." Gramophone |
GILLES BINCHOIS
Binchois: Loyal souvenir Le Miroir de Musique; Baptiste Romain [ Ricercar / CD - released 20/Jun/2025 ] "...the new release by Le Miroir de Musique under Baptiste Romain is very much to be welcomed, all the more so because it follows a slightly eccentric line that is unlikely to be cultivated by other such ensembles." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel Symphony, Violin Concerto Leila Josefowicz (violin), Minnesota Orchestra, Thomas Sondergard [ Pentatone / CD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] "The orchestral playing and the recorded sound are magnificent...Thomas Søndergård and his Minnesotans revel in its textural niceties but the soloist Leila Josefowicz, supremely eloquent, reigns supreme" The Times |
KAPSBERGER / BEMBO / CACCINI / CAMPANA / STROZZI / LEONARDA / etc
Vox Feminae Les Kapsber'girls [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] "A dazzling spectrum of string-playing, all topped by sparkling singing. It's a clever programme too...every piece is engaging and exciting, making for a high-energy, sonically delightful album that is best heard in two or three sittings." Gramophone |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Symphonies 3 & 8 Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Feb/2026 ] "The penultimate album in Lindberg's complete survey - the first by a single conductor - of Petterson's symphonies is an excellent addition to the series." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Orchestral |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 23/Jan/2026 ] "Listeners will have their own pantheon of classic Mahler Ninth recordings but here is one that demands to be heard." Gramophone Award Nomination 2026 - Orchestral |
JACQUES CHAMPION de CHAMBONNIERES
Chambonnières Overseas Louise Acabo (harpsichord) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] "This beautifully realised debut album plus other performances viewed online suggests that in Acabo we are meeting a serene new talent." Gramophone Award Finalist 2026 - Instrumental |
