Noteworthy in 2018: Schell’s picks
Unlike those big-media favorites lists that appear in mid-December to grease the skids of the Great Shopping Season, my year-end…
Best of 2018: Instrumental and Recital CDs
Best of 2018: Instrumental and Recital CDs Best Recital Hanging Gardens Works by Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban…
Best of 2018: Orchestral CDs
Best of 2018 – Orchestral CDs In ictu oculi Kenneth Hesketh BBC Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Christoph Mathias…
Best of 2018: Holiday CD, Opera Recording
Best of 2018: Holiday CD, Opera Recording Best Holiday CD Nine Lessons and Carols: 100 Years King’s College Choir, Stephen…
Best of 2018: Composer Portrait CDs
Best of 2018: Composer Portrait CDs 2018 saw the release of a bevy of excellent recordings of music by…
Best of 2018: Compilation CDs
Best of 2018: Compilation CDs (Various Genres) Wet Ink: 20 Wet Ink Large Ensemble Carrier Records Wet Ink Ensemble…
Best of 2018 – Orchestral CDs with Voices
Best of 2018: Orchestral CDs with Voices Requiem John Harbison Nashville Symphony Chorus and Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero,…
Best Chamber Music CDs of 2018
Best Chamber Music 2018 Danish String Quartet Prism I ECM Records Prism I is the first of five…
Best of 2018 – Best Violin Concerto
Best of 2018 – Best Violin Concerto Michael Hersch end stages, Violin Concerto Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin, International Contemporary Ensemble, Tito…
Best Recording 2017
Verisimilitude Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey, drums, percussion, composer; Cory Smythe, piano, toy piano, electronics; Chris Tordini, bass Pi Records PI70…