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Alon Sariel - Plucked Bach III
Alon Sariel
Plucked Bach III
2026 • LP
Sean Shibe - Vesper
Sean Shibe
Vesper
2026 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(2)
Czech Philharmonic - Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1-9
Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov
Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1-9
2026 • Box Set
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(3)
Kölner Akademie - J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens
J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
2026 • LP
55
user score
(1)
Irish Chamber Orchestra - Invitation: Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann
Irish Chamber Orchestra & Jörg Widmann
Invitation: Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann
2026 • LP
Bamberger Symphoniker - Italian Perspectives (Martucci - Rachmaninoff - Respighi)
Bamberger Symphoniker & Riccardo Frizza
Italian Perspectives (Martucci - Rachmaninoff - Respighi)
2026 • LP
70
user score
(1)
Cappella Amsterdam - Igor Stravinsky: Late Works
Cappella Amsterdam, Noord Nederlands Orkest & Daniel Reuss
Igor Stravinsky: Late Works
2026 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(2)
Catapult Opera - Nadia Boulanger: La Ville Morte
Catapult Opera, Talea Ensemble & Neal Goren
Nadia Boulanger: La Ville Morte
2026 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
Yang Bao - Madlands
Yang Bao
Madlands
2026 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Minnesota Orchestra - Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel Symphony; Violin Concerto
Leila Josefowicz, Minnesota Orchestra & Thomas Søndergård
Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel Symphony; Violin Concerto
2025 • LP
Tiffany Poon - Nature
Tiffany Poon
Nature
2025 • LP
85
user score
(3)
Quatuor Diotima - Lachenmann: Works for String Quartet
Quatuor Diotima
Lachenmann: Works for String Quartet
2025 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(2)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - The Romantic Room: Chamber Works by Spohr
WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players
The Romantic Room: Chamber Works by Spohr
2025 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
Miró Quartet - Ginastera: String Quartets
Miró Quartet & Kiera Duffy
Ginastera: String Quartets
2025 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
Chloe Chua - Mozart: Violin Concertos
Chloe Chua, Ziyu He, Singapore Symphony Orchestra & Hans Graf
Mozart: Violin Concertos
2025 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(2)
Georg Kallweit - Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6
Georg Kallweit, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin & Mayumi Hirasaki
Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6
2025 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
58
user score
(1)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Sonatas For Clarinet and Orchestra
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Daniel Ottensamer, Stephan Koncz & Noah Bendix-Balgley
Sonatas For Clarinet and Orchestra
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
58
user score
(1)
Yulianna Avdeeva - Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
Yulianna Avdeeva
Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
2025 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
100
user score
(1)
Denis Kozhukhin - Somnia
Denis Kozhukhin
Somnia
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Alon Sariel - Vienna Mandolin Stories
Alon Sariel, Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens
Vienna Mandolin Stories
2025 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
Arabella Steinbacher - Beethoven & Lentz
Arabella Steinbacher, Luxembourg Philharmonic & Gustavo Gimeno
Beethoven & Lentz
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Magdalena Kožená - L' extase: Debussy & Messiaen
Magdalena Kožená & Mitsuko Uchida
L' extase: Debussy & Messiaen
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Kurtág: Játékok
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Kurtág: Játékok
2025 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
56
user score
(4)
Eleonora Buratto - Indomita
Eleonora Buratto, Orchestra dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova & Sesto Quatrini
Indomita
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Karina Canellakis - Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Rinat Shaham, Gábor Bretz, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Karina Canellakis
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
2025 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
Quatuor Diotima - Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor
Quatuor Diotima
Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(3)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra & Jader Bignamini
Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony
2025 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
Tamara Stefanovich - Organised Delirium
Tamara Stefanovich
Organised Delirium
2025 • LP
90
critic score
(2)
50
user score
(3)
Czech Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Catriona Morison, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Pueri Gaudentes, Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
2025 • LP
70
critic score
(2)
I Giardini - Le Temps des Lilas
Pierre Fouchenneret, Pauline Buet, David Violi, Shuichi Okada, Camille Fonteneau, Violaine Despeyroux & I Giardini
Le Temps des Lilas
2025 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
Ian Bostridge - Twilight Schumann Songs
Ian Bostridge & Saskia Giorgini
Twilight Schumann Songs
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
55
user score
(2)
Cappella Amsterdam - Penitential Psalms
Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss
Penitential Psalms
2025 • LP
72
user score
(2)
Nathan Granner - Gordon Getty: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Nathan Granner, Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Kevin Short, San Francisco Boys Chorus, Barbary Coast Orchestra & Dennis Doubin
Gordon Getty: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
James McVinnie - Dreamcatcher
James McVinnie
Dreamcatcher
2025 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Alisa Weilerstein / Inon Barnatan - Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Alisa Weilerstein & Inon Barnatan
Brahms: Cello Sonatas
2024 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
58
user score
(1)
Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák: Legends & Rhapsodies
Czech Philharmonic & Tomáš Netopil
Dvořák: Legends & Rhapsodies
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Raaf Hekkema - Karg-Elert
Raaf Hekkema
Karg-Elert
2024 • LP
Adam Plachetka - Evening Songs
Adam Plachetka & David Švec
Evening Songs
2024 • LP
Marnie Breckenridge - Luna Pearl Woolf; Royce Vavrek: Jacqueline
Marnie Breckenridge & Matt Haimovitz
Luna Pearl Woolf; Royce Vavrek: Jacqueline
2024 • LP
Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal / Rafael Payare - Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Rafael Payare
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande & Verklärte Nacht
2024 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(1)
Lester Lynch - Full Circle: Reflections on My Journey
Lester Lynch & Kevin Korth
Full Circle: Reflections on My Journey
2024 • LP
Michael Tilson Thomas - Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
Grace: The Music of Michael Tilson Thomas
2024 • Box Set
80
critic score
(1)
Mari Kodama - Bruckner: Piano Works
Mari Kodama
Bruckner: Piano Works
2024 • LP
58
user score
(1)
Richard Galliano - Around Gershwin
Richard Galliano
Around Gershwin
2024 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
Yulianna Avdeeva - Chopin: Voyage
Yulianna Avdeeva
Chopin: Voyage
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33; Clarinet Concerto
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin, Ernst Schlader & Bernhard Forck
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33; Clarinet Concerto
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Czech Philharmonic - Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9
Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Lara Downes - This Land
Lara Downes
This Land
2024 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
100
user score
(1)
Quatuor Diotima - Bruckner & Klose: String Quartets
Quatuor Diotima
Bruckner & Klose: String Quartets
2024 • LP
70
critic score
(1)
Joshua Bell - Thomas de Hartmann: Rediscovered
Joshua Bell, Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Of Ukraine, Dalia Stasevska, Matt Haimovitz, MDR-Sinfonieorchester & Dennis Russell Davies
Thomas de Hartmann: Rediscovered
2024 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(1)
Vladimir Jurowski - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' & Vladimir Jurowski
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2024 • Reissue
Chloe Chua - Butterfly Lovers & Paganini
Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez & Mario Venzago
Butterfly Lovers & Paganini
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(5)
Chloe Chua - Vivaldi: Four Seasons & Locatelli: Harmonic Labyrinth
Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Vivaldi: Four Seasons & Locatelli: Harmonic Labyrinth
2024 • Reissue
Charlotte Hu - Liszt: Metamorphosis
Charlotte Hu
Liszt: Metamorphosis
2024 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
Holland Baroque - Metamorphosis
Holland Baroque
Metamorphosis
2024 • Soundtrack
Ana de la Vega - Mozart & Mysliveček: Flute Concertos
Ana de la Vega & English Chamber Orchestra
Mozart & Mysliveček: Flute Concertos
2024 • Reissue
Annelien Van Wauwe - Belle époque
Annelien Van Wauwe, Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch
Belle époque
2024 • Reissue
Marc Albrecht - Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
Nikolai Schukoff, John Lundgren, Ausrine Stundyte, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest & Marc Albrecht
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie
2024 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(1)
Magdalena Kožená - Czech Songs
Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic & Simon Rattle
Czech Songs
2024 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Schubert: Ländler
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Schubert: Ländler
2024 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(1)
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