Ionarts blog Best Recordings of 2014

[Oscar]

A little late on this post, but what the hey...Ionarts is an excellent blog run by Charles T. Downey out of Washington D.C. Jens F. Laursen is a frequent contributor.

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-recordings-of-2014-1.html


New Releases

1. Maurice Ravel / Modest Musorgsky, Ma Mère L’Oye / Pictures at an Exhibition, Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel (conductor), Zig Zag Territories 343

2. Thomas Larcher, A Padmore Cycle, What Becomes, Poems, Tamara Stefanovich, Thomas Larcher (piano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Harmonia Mundi

3. Hector Berlioz (+ Edgar Varèse), Symphonie Fantastique (+ Ionisation), BRSO, Mariss Jansons (conductor), BR Klassik 900121

4. Erkki-Sven Tüür, Piano Concerto, Symphony No.7, Frankfurt RSO, NDR Chorus, Laura Mikkola (piano), Paavo Järvi (conductor), ECM 002027602

5. Johann Strauss II & Bros., Polkas and Waltzes, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor), WS005

6. Gottfried August Homilius, Cantatas: Warum toben die Heiden // Motets II: Habe deine Lust an dem Herrn, Handel’s Company & Choir, Soloists / sirventes Berlin, Rainer Johannes Homburg / Stefan Schuck (directors), Carus 83266 & 83267 [two separate but related releases: one Cantatas and one Motets]

7. Franz Schubert, Symphonies 3 - 5, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), BIS SACD 1786

8. Nicola Porpora, Arias, Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Alessandro de Marchi (conductor), Academia Montis Regalis, Naïve 5369

9. Mieczysław Weinberg / Benjamin Britten, Violin Concertos, Linus Roth (violin), Mihkel Kütson (conductor), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Challenge SACD 72627

10. Johannes Verhulst, String Quartets op.6/1 & 2, Utrecht String Quartet, M|DG 6031840


Reissues

1. Maria Callas Remastered, Maria Callas, various artists, Warner Classics 633991

2. Leoš Janáček, Erwin Schulhoff, String Quartets, Talich Quartet, La Dolce Volta 256

3. Various, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor), Berlin RSO (RIAS), BPh, BRSO, et al., DG 479 2691

4. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Queen of Spades, Bolshoi, Soloists, Boris Khaykin (conductor), Melodiya 1002088

5. Arnold Schoenberg, Complete Songs, C.Barainsky, M.Diener (sopranos), C.Mayer (contralto), M.Schäfer (tenor), K.Jarnot (baritone), U.Liska (piano), Capriccio 7120

6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, Overture and Arias from La Clemenza di Tito, Adagio K.411, Trauermusik K.477, Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Frans Brüggen, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Glossa 81107

7. Josef Rheinberger, Organ Works, Rudolf Innig (organ), M|DG 3171864

8. Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, René Jacobs (conductor), Harmonia Mundi 921742

9. Anton Bruckner, Symphony No.2 (1877 version), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, (Wiener Symphoniker) [note: this is the _same_ mastering (by Paul Baily) that was used on a previous Testament reissue]

10. J.S.Bach, Goldberg Variations et al., Grigory Sokolov (piano), Melodiya 1002049

[Oscar]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 1:39:25 AM, Oscar wrote:
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> 5. Arnold Schoenberg, Complete Songs, Capriccio 7120

This was released in 2012. Not sure why this one made the list.