Recommended new CDs

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)

Previously:

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)