Search Results: GRAMOCT26
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 53
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mémoire Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 25/Sep/2026 ] "A vast range of composers, many represented by short works, but what unites them all is the care and devotion, plus engaging charm, with which Alexandre Tharaud presents them on this joyfully personal album." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
![Brahms: Klavierstücke [piano pieces] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10620/10620240.jpg)
JOHANNES BRAMS
Brahms: Klavierstücke [piano pieces] András Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "Late Brahms played by András Schiff on a beautiful and distinctive-sounding 1859 vintage Blüthner piano, which adds a memorable colour to performances rich in character." Gramophone Bookmark recording Oct 26 |
AFTAB DARVISHI / UNSUK CHIN / JORG WIDMANN / THOMAS ADES
East Meets West Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] "An excellent opening to an enticing series led by Anne-Sophie Mutter of works written for her, starting with Unsuk Chin, Aftab Darvishi, Jörg Widmann and Thomas Adès." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lise Davidsen - Live At The Met Lise Davidsen (soprano) James Baillieu (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Mar/2026 ] "A chance to hear one of today's most thrilling sopranos, Lise Davidsen, performing a breadth of repertoire at an iconic venue - a memorable evening perfectly preserved." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 26 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie / Morceaux de Salon / Three Nocturnes Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] "The great draw here is the tonal beauty and unforced lyricism that Giltburg achieves, proving himself to be particularly memorable in Rachmaninov's most inward and intimate music." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 26 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Orchestral Music Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Mar/2026 ] "Early orchestral music, some from his first three operas, by Puccini, conducted by someone whose love of the composer's vivid and sweeping sound world is evident in every bar." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Études Aaron Pilsan (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2026 ] "The Polish musicologist Zdzisław Jachimecki famously called Chopin's Études 'the Gospel of all piano music'. In this context I would describe both Zayas and Pollini as evangelists of Chopin's work, while Aaron Pilsan is a new and convincing exegete" |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Louise Alder (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) / Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Br-Klassik / CD - released 16/Oct/2026 ] "A truly special performance of Mahler's Second Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle and his orchestra's vision of the work drawing on deep roots of shared reflection." Gramophone recording of the Month Oct 26 |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BELA BARTOK
Strauss & Bartók: Violin Concertos Alena Baeva; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2026 ] "Alena Baeva offers Bartók and Strauss violin concertos of thoughtfulness and virtuosity, with excellent support from Paavo Järvi and his musicians." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 26 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring', 9 'Kreutzer' & 3 Alena Baeva (violin) Vadym Kholodenko (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] "Tempos never linger, contributing to a mesmerically shaded reading: vernal this Spring may be but the listener is ever aware of the likelihood of a sudden storm that blows away as swiftly as it arrived." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 26 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Cello Alessio Bax (piano), Paul Watkins (cello) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 1/May/2026 ] "Two artists - cellist Paul Watkins and pianist Alessio Bax - revelling in the variety of Beethoven's music, offering hugely enjoyable and engaging reflection and drama." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas I Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] "Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien return to Beethoven's sonatas on period instruments this time, and the result is delightfully engaging playing from this brilliant partnership." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
J.S. BACH / NICOLA MATTEIS / JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF
Plucked Bach III Alon Sariel (mandolin, mandola, lute, bağlama) [ Pentatone / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] "There is such an instantly engaging delight to be found in Alon Sariel's sparkling Bach on mandolin, though in music like the great Chaconne, a profound depth too. A wonderful recording." Gramophone Bookmark review |
C.P.E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.): Instrumental Theatre of Affects - Berlin Symphonies Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Swiatkiewicz [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] "The Polish period-instrument group Arte dei Suonatori are on top of all Bach's sleights of hand, never letting the tension sag for a second, leaning into his humour as well as his sour dissonances..." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Lemminkäinen Suite Ava Bahari (violin), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Apr/2026 ] "An expansive, exploratory Concerto from Ava Bahari and Santtu-Matias Rouvali plus a superbly performed Lemminkäinen Suite." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 26 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / FRANZ LISZT / IGOR STRAVINSKY / CARL CZERNY
Inferno Behzod Abduraimov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] "Behzod Abduraimov's playing on this album featuring works by Brahms, Debussy, Liszt and more is always elegantly shaped, and combines virtuosity with a compelling sense of the music's onward journey." Gramophone Editor's Choice June 26 |
ERNEST BLOCH
Bloch: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 'Poème mystique' Spectrum Concerts Berlin - Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Dian Ketler (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Sep/2026 ] "Exceptional performances of two quite different sonatas, violinist Boris Brovtsyn and pianist Diana Ketler bringing a real immediacy and lyricism to Bloch's music." Gramophone Editor's Choice OCT 26 |
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Lully: Proserpine (complete opera) Marie Lys (soprano), Veronique Gens (soprano), Olivier Gourdy (bass), Jean-Sebastien Bou (baritone), Les Talens Lyriques [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2026 ] "Marie Lys, Véronique Gens, Olivier Gourdy and Laurence Kilsbyare lead an all-round splendid cast in bringing rich drama to Lully's opera - another superb recording by Christophe Rousset." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / J.S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Echoes Of My Childhood Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord), Anderson Fiorelli (basso continuo) [ Orfeo / CD - released 5/Jun/2026 ] "A very personal project by cellist Daniel Müller-Schott - the harpsichord that Irina Zahharenkova here plays is the one his mother played during his childhood. A lovely recording." Gramophone Bookmark recording |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Waldszenen / Carnaval / Geistervariationen Dasol Kim (piano) [ Aparte / CD - released 17/Apr/2026 ] "Piainist Dasol Kim brings character, personality and a reflective beauty to Schumann - the Ghost Variations, Waldszenen and, at the album's heart, the masterpiece that is Carnaval." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
