{"id":50884,"date":"2024-12-13T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/275ef939-c117-43c1-bd35-0f2c96998b78"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:09:26","slug":"the-13-best-classical-albums-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/the-13-best-classical-albums-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The 13 best classical albums of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Friday, 13 December 2024 at 10:30 AM<\/p>

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2024…it’s been a bumper year for classical music, with some truly exceptional albums released by established artists and up-and-coming stars. From the many hundreds of albums reviewed by the BBC Music Magazine<\/em> team, we bring you the best classical albums of 2024 \u2013 13 must-have recordings to add to your collection…<\/p>

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Penderecki<\/h3>
Sacred Choral Works Latvian Radio Choir\/ Sigvards K\u013cava Ondine ODE 1435-2<\/p>

<\/div> <\/figure> <p>Sumptuous, passionate and uplifting, Penderecki\u2019s sacred choral music spans his career. From the early avant-garde outbursts to the refreshed traditional sounds of his maturity, these expressions of often defiant piety are central to his output. Rarely, though, have they received such assured and lovingly committed performances as on this ravishing album from the Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Sigvards K\u013cava.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/penderecki-sacred-choral-works\">R<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/search?phrase=pictures%20at%20an%20exhibition\">ead the full Penderecki review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CJXRZK44\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Penderecki Sacred Choral Works from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Take3_ALPHA772_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217311\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take 3<\/h3> <p>Works by Bart\u00f3k, Poulenc, Schoenfield, Nichifor<br\/> Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Polina Leschenko (piano)<br\/> Alpha Classics ALPHA772<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"'Take 3' by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Reto Bieri and Polina Leschenko\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcMJ1ig6h54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>Listening intently, Kopatchinskaja, Bieri and Leschenko bounce exuberantly off each other, generating a vividly characterised, conversationally sophisticated tour de force. It\u2019s capped by a finale overflowing with impish snap, crackle and pop. All in all, chamber music at its most vivaciously invigorating and life-enhancing. Cue a party!<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/take-3-patricia-kopatchinskaja\">Read the full Take 3 review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CPJQS5K4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Take 3 from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/LionelTertis_HMM90537677_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217316\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Lionel Tertis Celebration<\/h3> <p>Works by Tertis, Bowen, Brahms, Bridge, Schumann, Vaughan Williams et al (trans. Tertis et al)<br\/> Timothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree, James Baillieu (piano)<br\/> Harmonia Mundi HMM905376.77<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[NEW RELEASE] A Lionel Tertis Celebration | Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree | Bowen Sonata\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxTJo9fAT4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>If violists owe Lionel Tertis an inescapable debt of gratitude, with this release Timothy Ridout repays those dues handsomely. Inspired by the violinist Fritz Kreisler \u2013 and arguably doing for the viola what his contemporary Casals, also born in 1876, was accomplishing for the cello \u2013 Tertis set about raising the instrument\u2019s profile, in the process tackling the problem of solo repertoire head-on through commissioning, composing, and arranging.\u00a0<\/p> <p>From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multi-faceted musician, but also to his enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished successors \u2013 not least among them Timothy Ridout himself.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/a-lionel-tertis-celebration\">Read the full Lionel Tertis Celebration review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CFG54GWP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy a Lionel Tertis Celebration from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More of the best classical albums of 2024…<\/h2> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Benevoli_COR16201_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217318\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benevoli<\/h3> <p>Missa Tu es Petrus et al<br\/> I Fagiolini, The City Musick\/Robert Hollingworth<br\/> CORO COR16201<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Missa Tu es Petrus: I. Kyrie\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6qHdwAclI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>This revelatory project unveils the shadowy Franco-Italian composer Orazio Benevoli \u2013 born in 1605 in Rome, the son of a French baker, he became choirmaster of the celebrated Cappella Giulia of St Peter\u2019s in the mid-17th century. As this world premiere recording of his Mass Tu es Petrus amply demonstrates, Benevoli was a vital figure in forging the so-called \u2018Colossal Baroque\u2019 style, developed to fill the vast spaces of Roman basilicas with resplendent sound.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/benevoli-missa-tu-es-petrus-et-al\">Read the full Benevoli review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CFYQ2BPC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Benevoli from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Hamelin_CDA68308.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217321\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marc Andr\u00e9 Hamelin<\/h3> <p>New Piano Works<br\/> Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin (piano)<br\/> Hyperion CDA68308 74:00 mins<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hamelin: Variation diabellique sur des th\u00e8mes de Beethoven\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fnhkk2E60ZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>The jaunty theme from Paganini\u2019s Caprice No. 24 has long provided a musical diving board: composers from Brahms to Beamish have plunged the melody beyond the violinist\u2019s own brilliant variations. Rachmaninov\u2019s rhapsodic experiment furthered the work\u2019s pianistic possibilities; that dramatic lyricism is matched by Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin\u2019s grittier 2011 set, recorded for the first time here by the composer. The original melody is sharpened by rapid development; the tonality\u00a0is ultimately discoloured by cluster chords and flitting harmonies.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/marc-andre-hamelin-new-piano-works\">Read the full Marc Andr\u00e9 Hamelin review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CMX6H3KG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Marc Andr\u00e9 Hamelin from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Augusta_NI6445.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217322\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Augusta Read Thomas<\/h3> <p>Terpsichore\u2019s Box of Dreams*; Carnival for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble; Star Box; Dance Mobile etc<br\/> *Grossman Ensemble\/<br\/> Tim Weiss et al<br\/> Nimbus NI 6445<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: I. Terpsichore Enters\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VW43JM5tPf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>For composer Augusta Read Thomas, the arrival of a new musical idea often feels \u2018like a spark or lightning bolt \u2013 like lighting a match \u2013 and suddenly, poof, there\u2019s an illumination, an inspiration, if you will.\u2019 Thomas\u2019s music itself fizzes with this same vivid sense of energy; her complex, imaginative scores verily zing with life and colour, while readily charting profound emotional depths. As such, Thomas is well-established as one of America\u2019s most accomplished and inventive contemporary composers.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/augusta-read-thomas-terpsichores-box-of-dreams\">Read the full Augusta Read Thomas review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CTQYJ7FW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Augusta Read Thomas from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More of the best classical albums of 2024…<\/h2> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/SIGCD785_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217323\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elgar<\/h3> <p>The Dream of Gerontius<br\/> Nicky Spence (tenor), Anna St\u00e9phany (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone); Polish National Youth Choir; Gabrieli Consort, Roar and Players\/Paul McCreesh<br\/> Signum Classics SIGCD785<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-video\"> <video controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/REVIEWS-RECORDING-OF-THE-MONTH-Gabrieli-Fairfield-video.mp4\"\/> <\/figure> <p>This <em>Gerontius<\/em> sounds different from the start, as conductor Paul McCreesh intends it to. The mainly gut strings and delicately toned French woodwind of the Gabrieli orchestra, playing instruments of Elgar\u2019s own period, have a less plushly upholstered, more vulnerable sound than usual in the Prelude, with a rawer edge\u00a0in\u00a0<em>tutti<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/elgar-the-dream-of-gerontius\">Read the full Elgar review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0CSGZRGQ8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/Brahms_BIS2727_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217324\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brahms<\/h3> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/REVIEWS-REC-OF-THE-MONTH-Brahms-String-Quintet-No.-1-in-F-Major.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: Brahms \u2013 String Quintet No. 1 in F Major<\/em><\/p> <p>String Quintet No. 1 in F major; String Quintet No. 2 in G major<br\/> Lilli Maijala (viola), Gringolts Quartet<br\/> BIS BIS-2727<\/p> <p>In this superb recording, the Gringolts Quartet \u2013 Ilya Gringolts and Anahit Kurtikyan (violins), Silvia Simionescu (viola) and Claudius Herrmann (cello) \u2013 and violist Lilli Maijala do the quintets proud, with a passionate, committed account that seems to employ 360 degrees of expressive technique.\u00a0<\/p> <p>There\u2019s a wealth of characterisation within this richly unified, bronze-dark ensemble. A deep-dug, chunky tone, often quite rugged, is offset by moments of intense sweetness, as well as great delicacy and refinement.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/brahms-string-quintets-2\">Read the full Brahms review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D2KRD12N\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Brahms String Quintets from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/LAPHIL02_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217333\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gabriela Ortiz<\/h3> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/RECORDING-OF-THE-MONTH-AUDIO-Revolucion-diamantina-Act-IV.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: Revoluci\u00f3n diamantina, Act IV<\/em><\/p> <p>Revoluci\u00f3n Diamantina*<em>; Altar de cuerda<\/em>; Kauyumari<br\/> *Mar\u00eda Due\u00f1as (violin);**Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic\/Gustavo Dudamel<br\/> Platoon LAPHIL02<\/p> <p>For Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, composing requires two distinct types of brainwork. \u2018When I write music,\u2019 she says, \u2018 I am always swinging between the rational part, how we function mentally, and the irrational part, the instinct\u2026 the magic part.\u2019 This twin approach is clearly heard in her complex, dazzling scores that are at once tautly constructed yet freewheeling in their imaginative reach. Weaving together Latin and Mexican sonorities and folklore to powerful effect, her music sounds like nobody else\u2019s, and this excellent new album of recent works, recorded by longstanding collaborators Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is a thing of wonder indeed.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/gabriela-ortiz-revolucion-diamantina\">Read the full Gabriela Ortiz review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More of the best classical albums of 2024…<\/h2> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/BrucknerBatesFR757SACD_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217336\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mason Bates. Bruckner<\/h3> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/RECORDING-OF-THE-MONTH-Symphony-No.-7-in-E-Major-III.-Sehr-schnell.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major – III. Sehr schnell<\/em><\/p> <p>Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Mason Bates: Resurrexit<br\/> Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra\/Manfred Honeck<br\/> Reference Recordings FR-757SACD<\/p> <p>Manfred Honeck has already released Bruckner\u2019s Fourth and Ninth symphonies with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, to widespread acclaim. This new Seventh ups the ante further: it\u2019s undoubtedly one of the best recordings of the symphony in the digital era.<\/p> <p>The Pittsburgh cellos exude a wonderfully reassuring confidence in the expansive opening theme, and the violins display a similar <em>savoir-faire<\/em> on taking it over a page later. This is an orchestra by now deeply acculturated to the Austrian conductor\u2019s essentially old-school style of Bruckner interpretation, with warmly blended tones and a meticulously gradated approach to the music\u2019s architecture.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/orchestral\/bruckner-symphony-no-7-mason-bates-resurrexit\">Read the full Mason Bates and Bruckner review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D4VZ7MY9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Bates and Bruckner from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/CHAN20295_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217354\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C Schumann. R Schumann<\/h3> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/ROTM-Mondnacht-Op.-39-No.-5.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: R Schumann \u2013 Mondnacht, Op. 39 No. 5<\/em><\/p> <p>R Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94; Fantasiest\u00fccke, Op. 73; Three Pieces from \u2018F\u00fcnf St\u00fccke im Volkston\u2019, Op. 102; Liederkreis \u2013 Mondnact, Op. 39 No. 5; Three Duos; Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70; C Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22<br\/> Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Julius Drake (piano)<br\/> Chandos CHAN20295<\/p> <p>Robert Schumann only wrote one work for oboe \u2013 but that hasn\u2019t stopped oboist Nicholas Daniel drawing together a gorgeous album of his music. Played with such warmth and eloquence, the arrangements chosen here often feel as if they were tailor-made for the instrument, while the sensitive programming paints a loving portrait of the Schumann household. Through the prism of the oboe, we hear pieces written for an array of other instruments \u2013 violin, clarinet, horn and the rare pedal piano \u2013 arranged and edited by various names including Daniel himself and the late Howard Ferguson.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/c-schumann-r-schumann-works-for-oboe-and-piano\">Read the full C Schumann and R Schumann review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D7TRMKYW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy C & R Schumann from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/WelcomeJoyCHSA5350_cmyk.jpg-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217355\"\/> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome Joy \u2013 A Celebration of Women’s Voices<\/h3> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/10\/ROTM-Ushas-Goddess-of-Dawn.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: Ushas – Goddess of Dawn by Sruthi Rajasekar (Corvus Consort)<\/em><\/p> <p>I Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow; G Holst: Two Eastern Pictures; Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda etc; Poston: An English Day-Book; plus works by Judith Weir, Hilary Campbell, Olivia Sparkhall, Gemma McGregor and Shruthi Rajasekar<br\/> Louise Thomson (harp); Corvus Consort\/Freddie Crowley<br\/> Chandos CHSA 5350<\/p> <p>Under its founder-director Freddie Crowley, Corvus Consort is always full of fresh thinking. Here we have a collection of works spanning a century up to the present day, composed for female voices and solo harp. Gustav Holst was a champion of this combination of forces, and three of his works provide a framework for ten compositions by women, introduced by his daughter Imogen Holst\u2019s <em>Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow<\/em>, a setting of six Keats poems inspired by the poet\u2019s love of Devon.<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/choral-song\/welcome-joy-a-celebration-of-womens-voices\">Read the full Welcome Joy review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0D9YYKJQS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Welcome Joy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/ReBuildNMCD289_cmyk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217356\"\/> <\/figure> <figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"> <audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/12\/ROTM-Alex-Paxton-Hairy-Pony-Estampie.mp3\"\/> <\/figure> <p><em>Clip: Alex Paxton – Hairy Pony Estampie (Slide Action)<\/em><\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Re:Build<\/h3> <p>Ryan Latimer: C. Exigua; Laura Jurd: Swamped; Emily Hall: Close Palms; Alex Paxton: Hairy Pony Estampie; Joanna Ward: Playing Frisbee May 2022; plus works by Matthew Locke, Benny Vernon et al<br\/> Slide Action<br\/> NMC NMC D289<\/p> <p>The future of brass ensemble playing is \u2013 as yet \u2013 a relatively untapped area for contemporary composers. Brass bands, 20th-century big bands and some orchestral playing have certainly made inroads, but the real development of this soundworld is surely yet to come. If any group is likely to move this on in leaps and bounds it is Slide Action.<\/p> <p>This album commissions composers and arrangers (including significant contributions from the group themselves) to harness the great harmonic, rhythmic and melodic timbres offered from a trombone quartet, and creators have gleefully leapt on these possibilities.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/rebuild-slide-action\">Read the full Slide Action review<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0DD6WPR4Z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buy Re:Build from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <p\/> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Friday, 13 December 2024 at 10:30 AM 2024…it’s been a bumper year for classical music, with some truly exceptional albums released by established artists and up-and-coming stars. 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