{"id":123029,"date":"2024-03-04T14:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/classical-highlights-for-february-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T14:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:12:30","slug":"classical-highlights-for-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/classical-highlights-for-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Highlights for February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Several albums stood out to our reviewers this month. One of these was a wonderful recital of French orchestral songs by Sandrine Piau (pictured). Also from France, Christophe Rousset lead his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques and spectacular star singers in considered one of Lully&#8217;s well-known operas, Atys. The similar musicians additionally gave us a little-known operatic model of the Faust story by nineteenth century composer Louise Bertin. What would stage works be with out an overture? The new ensemble, The Philharmonic Brass &#8212; knowledgeable performers from the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras and others &#8212; debuts with Overture!, a richly textured program of live performance and opera overtures.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"blogGridcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fastly-s3.allmusic.com\/cms\/27414\/2024_02_Review_Images_Bigger.jpg\" alt=\"February Classical Reviews\"\/><figcaption>February Classical Reviews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Behzod Abduraimov &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shadows of My Ancestors<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPiotr Anderszewski &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004183126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bart\u00f3k, Jan\u00e1cek, Szymanowski<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAndrew Armstrong &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004130992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>In Blue<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nClaudio Astronio, THERESIA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004192160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Joseph Martin Kraus: Overtures<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEmmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Jos\u00e9 Ant\u00f4nio de Almeida Prado: Works for Violin and Cello<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMartin James Bartlett &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004161304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>La Danse<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLouis-No\u00ebl Bestion de Camboulas, Les Surprises &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Te Deum: Charpentier, Desmarest<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTom\u00e1\u0161 Brauner, Prague Symphony Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dvor\u00e1k: Slavonic Dances<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBrundib\u00e1r Ensemble &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004088268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Forgotten Voices Rediscovered: Henriette Bosmans, Fania Chapiro<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGregor B\u00fchl, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa: Overture to a Symphony Concert; Hungarian Serenade; Tripartita<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJavier Camarena, Angel Rodriguez &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004172615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sogno: Tosti Songs<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCharles Castronovo, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Puccini: I Canti &#8211; Orchestral Songs &amp; Works<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHet Collectief &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004119066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Murail: Stalag VIIIa<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLe Consort &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004102669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Philarmonica: Purcell, Matteis, Mrs Philarmonica<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nElsa Dreisig, Ad\u00e8le Charvet, St\u00e9phane Degout &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004100010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rita Strohl: Musique vocale, Vol. 1 &#8211; Une compositrice de la d\u00e9mesure<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJames Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic, Andrew Davis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Scherzo \u00e0 la russe; Apollon Musag\u00e8te; Orchestral Suites<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004092449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Kod\u00e1ly: H\u00e1ry J\u00e1nos Suite; Summer Evening; Symphony in C main<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004156494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mendelssohn<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEdward Gardner, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004124729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nV\u00e9ronique Gens, Cyrille Dubois, Herv\u00e9 Niquet &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Charpentier: M\u00e9d\u00e9e<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAngela Gheorghiu, Vincenzo Scalera &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004147315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Te, Puccini<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGustavo Gimeno, Nathalie Forget, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin, Toronto Symphony Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004146048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Messiaen: Turangal\u00eela Symphonie<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhilip Glass &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004144667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Solo<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBernard Haitink, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 7<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMarc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004146047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin: Variations on a theme of Paganini; My emotions about chocolate; Suite \u00e0 la ancienne; Etc.<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDomingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004144665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat main<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRuby Hughes, Manchester Collective &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004203239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>End of My Days<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJudith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004188677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rebecca Clarke: Sonatas for Violin, Viola &amp; Piano<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNeeme J\u00e4rvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004188626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lalo: Suites and Valse de la Cigarette from Namouna; Overture to Le Roi d&#8217;Ys; Symphony in G minor<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMartin Jones &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Piano Music of Oscar Fern\u00e2ndez<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDas Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004192158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Georg Philipp Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio Pasticcio<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAnastasia Kobekina &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004108631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Venice<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPatricia Kopatchinskaja, Reto Bieri, Polina Leschenko &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004198283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Take 3<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAdam Laloum &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004127394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Schubert: Piano Sonata D. 959; Moments musicaux D.780<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIgor Levit &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004169116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLondon Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004131131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sacred Treasures of Venice<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLyricFest &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daron Hagen: The Art of Song<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGergely Madaras, Hungarian National Chorus, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li\u00e8ge &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>C\u00e9sar Franck: Les B\u00e9atitudes<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFrancesco Meli, Maria Jos\u00e9 Siri, James Conlon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Verdi: Ernani<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRiccardo Minasi, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Strauss: Metamorphosen &amp; Wind Sonatina No. 1<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNeave Trio &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004189885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Room of Her Own <\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOrchestra of the Swan &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004122141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Earthcycle<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhantasm &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004188754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Matthew Locke: Consorts Flat and Sharp<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhilharmonic Brass, Tugan Sokhiev &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004126153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Overture!<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSandrine Piau, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Verdier &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Reflet<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nQuatuor Modigliani &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004126215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Grieg, Smetana<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTimothy Ridout, James Baillieu, Frank Dupree &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004119420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Lionel Tertis Celebration<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChristophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004188762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Louise Bertin: Fausto<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSanttu-Matias Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004198285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; The Wood Nymph; Valse Triste<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGeorge Rowley &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004092456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> Gurney: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and three; Piano Sonata No. 2 &#8211; II. Adagio; Five Preludes; Autumn<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOla Rudner, Tonk\u00fcnstler-Orchester &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Supp\u00e9: Fantasia Symphonica; Orchestral Overtures; Preludes<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSaint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004166071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Byrd: Sacred Works<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAndreas Scholl, Czech Ensemble Baroque, Roman V\u00e1lek &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004107795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Franti\u0161ek T\u016fma<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChoir of St. Luke&#8217;s, Chelsea; Grace Davidson; Jeremy Summerly &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Philip W.J. Stopford: Sacred Choral Music<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTalea Ensemble, Harlem Chamber Players &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004144655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Julius Eastman: Femenine<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nC\u00e9dric Tiberghien &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004127392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variation(s) 2: Beethoven, Sweelinck, Bach, Cage, Feldman, Crumb<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJean-Luc Tingaud, Rundfunks-Sinfonieorchester Berlin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Franck: Symphony in D minor; Chausson: Symphony in B flat main<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTrio Zimbalist &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004192170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Piano Trios of Weinberg, Auerbach, &amp; Dvor\u00e1k<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUnited Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004088278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Through the Night<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nElena Urioste, Tom Poster &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004172667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Le Temps retrouv\u00e9: Faur\u00e9, Bonis, Hahn, Boulanger<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTimo-Veikko Valve, Aura Go &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004161210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beethoven: Cello Sonatas; Webern: Works for Cello and Piano<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nReinoud Van Mechelen, Marie Lys. Christophe Rousset &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004162289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lully: Atys<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJ\u00f6rg Widmann, Hagen Quartett &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0003943499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mozart &amp; Widmann: Clarinet Quintets<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004161282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Neujahrskonzert 2024 [New Year&#8217;s Concert]<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael Alexander Willens, K\u00f6lner Akademie &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004203240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mozart: Overtures<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLlyr Williams &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004122140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Robert Schumann: Piano Works<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFrank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hr\u016f\u0161a &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004167513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Bart\u00f3k: Rhapsodies 1 and a pair of; Martinu: Suite Concertante; M\u00e9ditation<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Several albums stood out to our reviewers this month. One of these was a wonderful recital of French orchestral songs by Sandrine Piau (pictured). Also from France, Christophe Rousset lead his ensemble Les Talens Lyriques and spectacular star singers in considered one of Lully&#8217;s well-known operas, Atys. The similar musicians additionally gave us a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-123029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}