Recommended new CDs

Mahler, Symphony No. 4; Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with Miah Persson, soprano (Channel Classics)

Vivaldi, La fida ninfa; Sandrine Piau, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu, Christian Senn, Veronica Cangemi, Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducting the Ensemble Matheus (Naïve)

Beethoven, Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5; Richard Goode, piano, with Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra (Nonesuch)

Unsuk Chin, Violin Concerto, Rocaná; Viviane Hagner, violin, with Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony (Analekta)

Previously:

Lamenti: Arias by Cavalli, Monteverdi, Strozzi, Landi, Carissimi, and Cesti; Emmanuelle Haïm conducting Le Concert d'Astrée, with Patrizia Ciofi, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Rolando Villazón, etc. (Virgin Classics)

Ravel, Debussy, and Fauré, String Quartets; Quatuor Ebène (Virgin Classics)

Song of Songs: Works by Palestrina, Gombert, Lassus, Victoria, Clemens, Guerrero, Lhériter, Ceballos,Vivanco; Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Piano Concerto, Helix, Dichotomie; Yefim Bronfman, Salonen conducting the LA Philharmonic (DG)

John Corigliano, Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3); Jerry Junkin conducting the University of Texas Wind Ensemble (Naxos)

The Bad Plus, For All I Care (Heads Up)

Richard Strauss, Elektra; Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Res Fischer, Hans Hotter, Richard Kraus conducting the Köln Radio Symphony Orchestra (Capriccio, new remastering of 1953 classic)

Hommage à Messiaen; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano (DG)

Gods, Kings, and Demons; René Pape, Sebastian Weigle conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden (DG)

Jonathan Harvey, Body Mandala and other pieces; Ilan Volkov and Stefan Solyom conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (NMC)

Saariaho, Notes on Light, Orion, Mirage; Karita Mattila, Anssi Kartunnen, Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Orchestre de Paris (Ondine)

Olivier Messiaen: six-CD box set including La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Des Canyons aux étoiles, Visions de l'Amen, Sept Haïkaï, and Couleurs de la cité céleste, with Reinbert de Leeuw and Pierre Boulez conducting (Naive)

Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7; Osmo Vänskä conducting the Minnesota Orchestra (BIS)

Air: Music for Harp, Flute, and Strings by Debussy and Takemitsu; Joshua Smith, flute, Yolanda Kondonassis, harp, and Oberlin 21 (Telarc)

Schumann, Dichterliebe and other Heine Lieder; Gerald Finley, Julius Drake (Hyperion)

Crystal Tears: Songs of Dowland, Robert Johnson, Byrd, and others; Andreas Scholl with Julian Behr and Concerti di viole (Harmonia Mundi)

Lorraine at Emmanuel: Bach and Handel Arias; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson with Craig Smith conducting the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music (Avie)

Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony of Psalms, Symphony in C; Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Rundfunkchor Berlin (EMI)

Morton Feldman, The Viola In My Life I-IV; Marek Konstantynowicz, viola, with Christian Eggen conducting the Cikada Ensemble and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (ECM)

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, vol. 4; Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)

Schoenberg and Sibelius Violin Concertos; Hilary Hahn, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Symphony (DG)

Josquin, Missa Sine nomine and Missa Ad fugam; Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Heavenly Harmonies (music of Tallis and Byrd); Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi)

Dowland, Lute Songs, Britten, Nocturnal; Mark Padmore, Elizabeth Kenny, Craig Ogden (Hyperion)

Elliott Carter, Quartets Nos. 1 and 5; Pacifica Quartet (Naxos)

Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble (Innova)

Strauss, Salome, Teresa Stratas, Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic (DG DVD)

Handel Arias, Danielle de Niese and William Christie with Les Arts Florissants (Decca)

John Luther Adams, Red Arc/Blue Veil (Cold Blue)

Mozart, Don Giovanni, René Jacobs conducting (Harmonia Mundi)

Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8, Paavo Järvi conducting the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (BMG)

John Cage, Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano, Philipp Vandré (Mode)

Common Sense Composers’ Collective, tic, with the New Millenium Ensemble (Troy)

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas vol. 3, Paul Lewis (Harmonia Mundi)

Bach, Goldberg Variations, Simone Dinnerstein (Telarc)

Brahms, String Sextets, Nash Ensemble (Onyx)

Osvaldo Golijov, Oceana, with Dawn Upshaw, Luciana Souza, the Kronos Quartet, and Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony (DG)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Live from Wigmore Hall, 1998; with Roger Vignoles, piano (Wigmore Hall Live)

Roussel, Symphony No. 3 and Bacchus et Ariane; Stéphane Denève conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Naxos)

As Steals the Morn...: Handel Arias and Scenes; Mark Padmore, tenor, with Andrew Manze conducting the English Concert (Harmonia Mundi)

Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture; Jon Nakamatsu, piano, with Jeff Tyzik conducting the Rochester Philhamonic (Harmonia Mundi)

Alexandra Gardner, Luminoso (Innova)