In a new release for Decca, Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris present two of Stravinsky's best known ballets, Le Sacre du printemps and The Firebird.
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue their Mahler Symphonies cycle on the BIS label, this time with a performance of No. 9.
Bru Zane’s ongoing advocacy of French music from 1780-1920 continues with a boxed set of over 10 hours of music by 21 French women composers.
Cristian Măcelaru and WDR Sinfonieorchester's second collaboration for Linn features Bartòk's The Wooden Prince and Dance Suite.
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London's second installment in their Rachmaninoff series features Symphony No. 2 and the C-sharp minor Prelude (arr. Stokowski).
Yuja Wang performs Teddy Abram's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto with the Louisville Symphony along with a solo work by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
Beatrice Rana performs the piano concerti of Clara and Robert Schumann with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
A double review of two period-instrument performances of Mozart's Requiem by Jordi Savall and Julien Chauvin.
A guide to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish"), with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
