Some Favorite Recordings of 2016

As you may remember, I don't do "best-of" lists. "Best" suggests that I've sampled everything available, and even though I review a lot of music every year, I have not heard but a fraction of what's out there. So I prefer to do a simple "favorites" list. Here are just a few of the discs (listed alphabetically, to be fair) I heard last year that I enjoyed for their performance and sound. I know I've forgotten some; forgive me. These discs stood out, mostly new releases, one of them an old favorite remastered.


Gal: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Also, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22. Sarah Beth Briggs, piano; Kenneth Woods, Royal Northern Sinfonia. Avie.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/07/gal-concerto-for-piano-and-orchestra-cd.html


Gershwin: An American in ParisAlso, Concerto in F; Three Preludes; Overture to Of Thee I Sing. Lincoln Mayorga, piano; Steven Richman, Harmonie Ensemble/New York. Harmonia Mundi.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/08/gershwin-american-in-paris-cd-review.html

Krenek: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
Mikhail Korzhev, piano; Kenneth Woods, English Symphony Orchestra. Toccata Classics.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/05/krenek-piano-concertos-nos-1-3-cd-review.html


Pierre de La Rue: Missa Nuncqua fue pena mayor
Also, Salve regina VI; Missa Inviolata; Magnificat sexti toni. Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble. Hyperion.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/10/pierre-de-la-rue-missa-nuncqua-fue-pena.html

Manhattan Intermezzo
Jeffrey Biegel, piano; Paul Phillips, Brown University Orchestra. Naxos.
To read the full review, click here:
http://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/03/manhattan-intermezzo-cd-review.html


Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands
Rediscovered orchestral works. Martin West, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Reference Recordings.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/09/moszkowski-from-foreign-lands-cd-review.html


Schulhoff: Complete Music for Violin and Piano
Bruno Monteiro, violin; Joao Paulo Santos, piano. Brilliant Classics.
To read the full review, click here;
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/12/schulhoff-complete-music-for-violin-and.html


Sephardic Journey
"Wanderings of the Spanish Jews." Nell Snaidas, soprano; Karim Sulayman, tenor; Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire and Apollo's Singers. Avie.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/04/sephardic-journey-cd-review.html


Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Sir John Barbirolli, The Halle Orchestra. HDTT remastered.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/07/sibelius-symphony-no-2-cd-review.html


Van der Sloot: Shadow, Echo, Memory
Hans Jorgen Jensen, Northwestern University Cello Ensemble. Sono Luminus.
To read the full review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2016/09/van-der-sloot-shadow-echo-memory-cd.html

JJP