Ronald Brautigam's recording of piano concertos by Johann Wilhelm Wilms (performed from his own new editions) with the Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens sweeps the board this month, having featured as one of our July Recordings of the Week - James noted that 'the well-established affinity between the artists reaps considerable rewards here: orchestra and soloist are completely attuned with one another' and also enjoyed Brautigam's 'consistently sprightly and nimble' fortepiano tone.
The project marks 'the Dutch Beethoven''s 250th birthday, with a second volume to follow in the autumn...
No. 1 (new entry)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Available format: SACD
No. 2 (new entry)
Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 3 (new entry)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 4 (new entry)
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 5 (new entry)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 6 (new entry)
Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella (harpsichords), Il Pomo d'Oro
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 7 (new entry)
Heath Quartet, Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 8 (new entry)
Howard Shelley (piano), Ulster Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 9 (new entry)
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 10 (new entry)
Colourise
Vaughan Williams - Berkeley - Warlock
Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Elena Urioste (violin), London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 11 (No. 6 last month)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 12 (No. 8 last month)
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Available format: SACD
No. 13 (No. 7 last month)
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 14 (new entry)
Peter Boyer: Balance of Power
Orchestral Works
London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Boyer
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 15 (new entry)
Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven, Marc Niemann
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 16 (No. 1 last month)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 17 (No. 15 last month)
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Available format: SACD
No. 18 (new entry)
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 19 (No. 18 last month)
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 20 (new entry)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 21 (new entry)
The Nash Ensemble
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 192 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 22 (new entry)
No. 23 (No. 3 last month)
Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), with Lise Davidsen (soprano), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 24 (No. 5 last month)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
No. 25 (No. 9 last month)
Véronique Gens, Nicole Car, Jodie Devos, Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Étienne Dupuis (baritone)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Hervé Niquet
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
