Classical Highlights for August 2025

Claudio Arrau – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals: Pasadena, California, USA, 1977, 1981 & 1986

Yulianna Avdeeva – Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

Maya Beiser – Salt

Black Oak Ensemble – Dance of the Night Sky

Florian Boesch, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms, Wolf: Lieder

Douglas Bostock, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim – British Music for Strings IV

Félicien Brut – L’Accordéoniste: Préludes, Valses & Envols

Camerata Øresund – In Wilhelmine’s footsteps: Music of the Bayreuth Court

Karina Canellakis, Edward Gardner, Dima Slobodeniouk, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tania León: Horizons; Raíces (Origins); Stride; Pasajes

Cantus – Fields of Wonder

Emmanuel Ceysson, Véronique Gens, Quatuor Voce – Images: Hommage à Marcel Tournier

Alpesh Chauhan, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2; Marche slave; The Storm; Entr’acte, Waltz, and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Chiaroscuro Quartet – Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33/4-6

Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf – Mozart: Violin Concertos

Bojan Čičić, Illyria Consort – Heinrich Biber: Violin Sonatas – 1681

Fanny Clamagirand, Han Chen, Malmö Opera Orchestra, John Jeter – Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; Piano Concerto in One Movement; Dances in the Canebrakes

Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo – Handel: Chandos Anthems (Anthems for Cannons) HWV248, 249b, 251b, 256a

Warwick Cole, Corelli Orchestra – William Hayes: Instrumental Music

Manfred Cordes, Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble – Musik der Hansestädte, Vol. 3: Musik aus dem alten Magdeburg

Cuarteto Casals – Dmitri Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – Nos. 6-12

Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Philharmonic – King of Kings: J.S. Bach

Jan Willem de Vriend, NDR Radiophilharmonie – Emilie Mayer: Symphonies 4 & 6

Samantha Ege – Maestra: Julia Perry & Doreen Carwithen – Concertos

Olari Elts, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra – Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris

Ensemble Modern, Halle Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham, Jonathan Morton – Hannah Kendall: Shouting Forever into the Receiver

Raphaël Feuillâtre – Spanish Serenades

Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, Matilda Lloyd – Radiant Dawn

Morta Grigaliunaite – Rautavaara: Complete Piano Works

Owain Arwel Hughes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Welsh Music for Strings

Léo Ispir, Luka Ispir – Ispir

John Jeter, Sara Swietlicki, Lindsay Grace Johnson, Jonas Samuelsson – Florence Beatrice Price: Choral Works

Sean Jones, Nicholas Phan, Joseph Young – Joel Puckett: Short Stories in London

Tonu Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Concerto Copenhagen – Arvo Pärt: Lente

Parry Karp, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods – Ernest Bloch: Schelomo (Solomon) Hebraic Rhapsody; Suite for Viola and Orchestra

Christina Landshamer, Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, Justin Doyle, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Ludwig Mittelhammer – Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1

Will Liverman – The Dunbar/Moore Sessions: Complete Collection

Julieth Lozano Rolong, João Araújo – Alma: Ibero-American Songs

Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Janusz Wawrowski, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra – Silvestrov: Symphony No. 8; Violin Concerto

Klaus Mäkelä, Orchestre de Paris – Berlioz, Ravel

Jaime Martín, Gävle Symphony Orchestra – Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Böcklin; Romantic Suite

Blair McMillen – Peter Scott Lewis: Pacific Triptych

Alexander Melnikov, Julia Lezhneva – Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations; Romances

Choir of Merton College, Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas; Britten Sinfonia – Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow; Elgar; Ireland; Stanford; Walton; Wesley

Miró Quartet, Kiera Duffy – Ginastera: String Quartets

Ikuyo Nakamichi, Ensemble Amideo, Michiyoshi Inoue – The Last Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23

Susan Narucki, Curtis Macomber – György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments

New York Polyphony – Sky of My Heart

Onyx Brass, John Wilson – Transatlantic

Sakari Oramo, BBC Synphony Orchestra – Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 – Symphony No. 2, Piano Concerto, Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra

Andreas Ottensamer, José Gallardo – Romanza

Evren Ozel, Jan Mrácek, Howard Griffiths – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 “Jenamy” KV 271 & 12 KV 414; Violin Concerto No. 2 KV 211

Alexandra Papastefanou – J.S. Bach: The English Suites

Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque – Just Biber

Karen Bentley Pollick, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, John McLaughlin Williams – Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1: Three Violin Concertos

Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia – Clive Osgood: English Folksongs

Quatuor Debussy, Franck Tortiller – Ravels: Quatuor à cordes; Ma mère l’oye; Les danses de Ravel

La Reveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – London Circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & Friends

Christophe Rousset – François Couperin: Portraits

Tamar Sagiv – Shades of Mourning

Dario Salvi, Janácek Philharmonic Ostrava – Marschner: Overtures and Stage Music, Vol. 3

Konstantin Scherbakov – Liszt: Mozart and Donizetti Opera Transcriptions

Zina Schiff, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Avlana Eisenberg, Valerie Stark – Alan Hovhaness: Concerto No. 2; Works for Violin and Piano

Andrè Schuen – Mozart

Elena Schwarz, WDR Sinfonieorchester – Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2; Illustration symphonique pour Pogromes d’André Spire; La Mise au tombeau du Titien

Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

Julia Sinclair, Marijn Cinjee – Wind Takes Flight: Hildegard x Electronics

Tugan Sokhiev, Wiener Philharmoniker – Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2025

Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez – Sparks from Ashes

Curtis Stewart, Michael Repper – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Curtis Stewart – Seasons of Change

Synergy Vocals, Colin Currie Group, New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden – Steve Reich: Jacob’s Lader; Traveler’s Prayer

Marcel Tadokoro – Adolf von Henselt: Complete Piano Études

Telegraph Quartet – Edge of the Storm: Bacewicz, Britten, Weinberg

Tenebrae, Nigel Short –

Alexandre Tharaud – Satie Discoveries

Nobuyuki Tsujii – The Verbier Debut Recital

Vilém Vlcek, Denis Linnik – Bohuslav Martinů: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Xuefei Yang – Chapeau Satie

Zéphyros Winds – Desert Pass