The Classical

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 7

Volume 7 of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Mozart piano concerto features two of the late concertos –Nos. 24 and 25 – coupled with a spirited reading of the Marriage of Figaro overture from Gábor Takács-Nagy and the Manchester Camerata. Recorded in Manchester’s Stoller Hall, Bavouzet plays a Yamaha CFX nine-foot Concert Grand Piano. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 20192 $20.99

Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77

Comprised of principal players from the Edmonton Symphony and the orchestras of the Canadian Opera Company and National Ballet of Canada, the RSQ is one of Canada’s most dynamic ensembles with a unique voice and a deep love for the music of Haydn. This recording brings together three great, late works by the acknowledged masters of Viennese classicism, Mozart and Haydn. (Leaf Music)

1CD# LM252 $16.99

Gassmann: Oboe Quintets & Oboe Quartets

This production cleverly combines the two main areas of Florian Leopold Gassmann’s (17291774) activity, featuring arias from the successful opera Amor und Psyche, and other light music works. These are all extremely beautiful-sounding, imaginative and varied creations. (CPO)

1CD# 555528-2 $16.99

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

Diabelli was overwhelmed by the work submitted by Beethoven which overshadowed anything else sent by others. He pronounced it ‘a work to set alongside J.S. Bach’s masterpieceʼ (Goldberg Variations) and he must have been exceptionally gratified that his otherwise ordinary waltz tune would survive in perpetuity as a result of Beethoven’s efforts. (Alto Music)

1CD# MOB413100 $10.99

Smethergell: Overtures, Vol. 1 –

Six Overtures Op. 5

Smethergell’s Charming Overtures Vol. 1 – of the composers of the British kingdom who can be described as contemporaries of Joseph Haydn, almost all are largely forgotten today. Yet even before Haydn’s arrival in 1790, concerts of orchestral music had long been established in a variety of venues. (CPO)

1CD# 555540-2 $16.99

Mozart: Kronungsmesse/Coronation Mass, KV 317

The mass that Mozart composed in 1779 for the Easter service in Salzburg Cathedral is shrouded in legend. From the very first bar onwards, it exudes the stately tone that would, much later on, earn it the sobriquet “Coronation Mass”. Soon after Mozart’s death, it became the Viennese court orchestra’s favorite mass for coronation ceremonies. (BR Klassik)

1CD# BRK900530 $17.99

Ræhs: Flute Sonatas, Vol. 2

The second album by the Danish recorder player Clara Guldberg Ravn completes the flute sonatas by Martinus Ræhs in a particularly exciting and colorful way. Together, the two albums represent the first complete recording of his flute sonatas. (Arcantus)

1CD# ARC 22031 $14.99

C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for Traverso & Clavier

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is one of the key figures of this “in-between time” and one of the representatives of a radical change in musical aesthetics. The philosopher and aesthetic theorist Johann Georg Sulzer described the ideal “soulful” trio sonata as follows: “The actual trio has three main voices, which concert against each other, and as it were maintain a conversation in tones.” (ARS Producktion)

1CD# ARS38623 $18.99

Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin, Vol. 3

The present release is the third and final instalment in Foyle/Stsura’s complete recording of Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas. The sonatas on the first two albums were emblematic of Beethoven’s early and middle periods, showcasing the composer’s command of the Classical idiom. (Challenge)

1CD# CC 72862 $16.99

Haydn 27 – Symphonies Nos. 3, 33, 108 & 14

“For those pieces still missing from the complete recording, the Heidelberger Sinfoniker have been proceeding since Vol. 25 in chronological order, to better chart the development of Haydn the composer. We are in the midst of a young, wild Haydn, a Sturm und Drang Haydn. Heidelberg Haydn is a paradigm of dynamism, freshness, wildness, humour and constant surprise.” - Johannes Klumpp (Haenssler Classic)

1CD# HC22077 $18.99