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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 |
