Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)
This joyous set of Beethoven’s sonatas takes its place among the very best.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Septem verba a Christo (Sophie Karthaüser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff, Academie für Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs)
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky – Pictures, Sarcasms & Visions (feat. piano: Steven Osborne)
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.
Franz Schubert – Schubert Edition Vol. 7: Erlkönig (baritone: Matthias Goerne; piano: Andreas Haefliger)
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.
Benjamin Britten – The Rape of Lucretia (conductor: Oliver Knussen; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.
Johann Sebastian Bach – Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Books I and II) (feat. piano: András Schiff)
Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantatas vol. 51 (Bach Collegium Japan; conductor: Masaaki Suzuki)
Fluently stylish and idiomatic, these performers live and breathe Bach’s music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni (Ildebrando D’Arcangelo; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin)
The most exciting and consistently well-sung Don Giovanni to appear for several years.
Nils Frahm – Screws
Nine meditations upon a broken thumb.
Leonardo Vinci – Artaserse (Philippe Jaroussky; Max Emanuel Cencic; Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera; Concerto Koln; conductor: Diego Fasolis)
Vinci’s final opera possesses extraordinary energy and some beautiful moments.