Reviewers this month covered music well-known to wide classical audiences and much that will be new to many, both from recently written works and works neglected as time passed. Among the former are piano quartets by Brahms, featuring the late Lars Vogt on piano in his final recording, and Isata Kanneh-Mason’s recording of works of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Also highlighted were rare operatic recordings, such as Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček and the recorded premiere of Joachim Raff’s Die Eifersüchtigen. Albums of new music included Solos featuring compositions by The National’s Bryce Dessner and Anna Clyne: Shorthand, with Eric Jacobsen (pictured) leading his orchestra, The Knights.

Eivind Aadland, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra – Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Symphonic Poems – Tanken, Jesus i Gethsemane

Sharon Carty, Morgan Pearse, John Andrews, BBC Concert Orchestra – Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs

Sharon Bezaly, Wild Beautiful Orchestra – Sorabji: Vocal and Chamber Works

Barbara Buntrock, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt – Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3

Thomas Blondelle, Sieglinde Feldhofer, Marius Burkert – Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt

Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov – Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers – Charles Villiers Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs

Sarah Connolly, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Malcolm Martineau – Brahms Songbook, Vol. 2

Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake – Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano

Danish String Quartet – Keel Road

Alexandra Dariescu, Tianyi Lu, Philharmonia Orchestra – Clara Schumann, Edvard Grieg: Piano Concertos

Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies, Dalia Stasevska – Thomas de Hartmann: Rediscovered

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra – Dvorák: Symphonies Nos 6-9 [2024 Remaster + Smetana, Janacek]

Bryce Dessner – Solos

Quatuor Diotima – Bruckner & Klose: String Quartets

Alexandre Dossin – George Walker: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2

Mahan Esfahani – Bach: Preludes; Inventions; Sinfonias

Byron Fidetzis – Spyridon Samaras: Tigra; Epinikeia; Chitarrata

Jean-Paul Gasparian – Origins

Augustin Hadelich, Orion Weiss – American Road Trip

True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan, Jeffrey Biegel – A Dream So Bright: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

Charlotte Hu – Liszt: Metamorphosis

Eric Jacobsen, The Knights – Anna Clyne: Shorthand

Paavo Järvi, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra – Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

Karl Jenkins, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Karl Jenkins: Stravaganza

Isata Kanneh-Mason – Mendelssohn

Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman – Scaramella: Obrecht, Fitch, Brumel, Agricola

Juliana Koch, Julian Bliss, Michael McHale – Ruth Gipps: Piper of Dreams

Konstantin Krimmel, Ammiel Bushakevitz – Mythos: Schubert, Loewe

Quatuor Van Kuijk – Impressions parisiennes

Jaroslav Březina, Aleš Briscein, Jaroslav Kyzlink – Leos Janácek: The Excursions of Mr. Broucek

François Lazarevitch, Sandrine Chatron, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien – Mozart: Concertos pour flûte; Concerto pour flûte et harpe

Manuel Lipstein – Roots: Telemann, Hindemith, Feldbusch, Lipstein, Cassadó

Viktoriia Vitrenko, Alexei Lubimov – Valentin Silvestrov: Forgotten Word I Wished to Say

Gergely Madaras, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège – Liszt: Faust-Symphony; Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Klaus Mäkelä, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

Harriet Krijgh, Baiba Skride, Elsbeth Moser, Andrew Manze – Sofia Gubaidulina: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan; Rejoice! Sonata for Violin and Cello

Maria Narodytska – War Poems: Szymanowski, Chopin, Narodytska, Shostakovich, Liakhovych

Lise Davidsen, Andris Nelsons, Wiener Philharmoniker – Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2024

Emöke Baráth, Philippe Estèphe, Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel – Fauré: Requiem; Gounod: Messe de Clovis

Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra – Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23

Arnaud De Pasquale – Mozart à Paris 1778

Rachel Barton Pine – Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

Matthias Bein, Mirjam Fässler, Joonas Pitkänen – Raff: Die Eifersüchtigen

Lawrence Power, Nicholas Collon, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto; Absence; Serenades

Rachel Lee Priday, David Kaplan – Fluid Dynamics

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Riccardo Minasi, Ensemble Resonanz – Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos

Natalie Christa Rakes, arx duo, Dover Quarte – Steven Mackey: Memoir

La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot – Marin Marais: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

Max Richter – In a Landscape

Ernst Schlader, Bernhard Forck, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33; Clarinet Concerto

Gabriel Schwabe, Nicholas Rimmer – Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1

Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek – Joy & Asymmetry: Rautavaara, Aho

Sitkovetsky Trio – Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 3 – Op. 1/1 & 70/1 ‘Ghost’

Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; American Suite

Voces Suaves, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin – Bach’s Roots: Early Influences on the Young Master

Various Artists – Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons

Various Artists – Brett Dean: Rooms of Elsinore

Various Artists – Holst: Savitri; The Planets; The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite

Various Artists – Tony Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra – 7, 6, 5

Sally Walker – Boccherini: Chamber Works for Flute

Andreas Willwohl, Daniel Heide – Viola & Piano: Schubert & Shostakovich