Favorite Recordings of 2017

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.

A Beethoven Odyssey, Volume 5
Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 10. James Brawn, piano. MSR Classics
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-beethoven-odyssey-volume-5-cd-review.html

America Again
Lara Downes, piano. Sono Luminus
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/01/lara-downes-america-again-cd-review.html

Black Manhattan, Volume 3
Rick Benjamin, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. New World Records
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/12/black-manhattan-volume-3-cd-review.html

Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 4
Michael Halasz, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Naxos
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/07/cimarosa-overtures-vol-4-cd-review.html

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Istvan Kertesz, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. HDTT remastered
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/05/dvorak-symphony-no-9-cd-review.html

Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos
Mikhail Korzhev, piano; Kenneth Woods, English Symphony Orchestra. Toccata Classics
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/12/krenek-complete-piano-concertos-volume.html

Music of the Royal Swedish Navy
Andreas Hanson, the Royal Swedish Navy Band. Mike Purton Recording Services
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-music-of-royal-swedish-navy-cd.html

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. HDTT remastered
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/03/rimsky-korsakov-scheherazade-cd-review.html

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Also, Horn Concerto No. 1. Alan Civil, horn; Rudolf Kempe, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Testament remastered.
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/02/strauss-eine-alpensinfonie-cd-review.html

The Italian Job
Music of the Italian baroque. Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima. Avie
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-italian-job-cd-review.html

Toscanini 150th Anniversary
Steven Richman, Harmonie Ensemble/New York. Bridge
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/11/toscanini-150th-anniversary-cd-review.html

Tribute: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart
Quartets K.589, K.590; Quintet K. 406. Dover Quartet. Cedille
To read the review, click here:
https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2017/09/tribute-dover-quartet-plays-mozart-cd_10.html

JJP