{"id":144441,"date":"2025-06-05T06:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/classical-highlights-for-may-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T06:33:28","slug":"classical-highlights-for-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/classical-highlights-for-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Highlights for May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"enlarge\">This 12 months being the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/maurice-ravel-mn0000932757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maurice Ravel<\/a>&#8216;s delivery, we&#8217;re seeing extra recordings of his music, corresponding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jean-efflam-bavouzet-mn0002175021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Efflam Bavouzet<\/a>&#8216;s wonderful, new traversal of the solo piano works. Yet there are different noteworthy releases to listen to too, together with Prokofiev&#8217;s string quartets by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/quatuor-danel-mn0001344827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quatuor Danel<\/a> (pictured), who beforehand efficiently lined the Shostakovich cycle; the cohesive mixing of classical music and spirituals by harpist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ashley-jackson-mn0003878840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashley Jackson<\/a> on Take Me to the Water; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/beatrice-rana-mn0002995425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beatrice Rana<\/a>&#8216;s return to the music of Bach with 4 keyboard concertos.<\/div>\n<p><figure class=\"blogGridcenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fastly-s3.allmusic.com\/cms\/30434\/2025_05_Review_Images.jpg\" alt=\"May Classical Reviews\"\/><figcaption>May Classical Reviews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Esther Abrami &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004482794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Women<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Ad\u00e8s, London Philharmonic Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004491422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Thomas Ad\u00e8s: Luxury Suite from Powder Her Face; Five Spells from the Tempest; Inferno Suite<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohn Andrews, BBC Concert Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004504366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLeif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Soloists&#8217; Choir, Grete Pedersen &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004467386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Franz Liszt: Via Crucis &amp; Solo Piano Works<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nArcadia Quartet &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004473198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Weinberg, Vol. 5: String Quartets Nos 3, 9, and 14; Improvisation and Romance<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAriel Quartet &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBach Collegium San Diego, Ruben Valenzuela &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004465951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Sonic Youth<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJean-Efflam Bavouzet &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBevan Family Consort- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004432275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Attende Domine: Music for Lent &amp; Passiontide<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMartyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004456777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Michael Tippett: New Year<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMartyn Brabbins, English National Opera Orchestra &amp; Chorus &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004465959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Havergal Brain: Agamemnon; Sinfonia tragica; Symphony No. 12<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEleonora Buratto, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Sesto Quatrini &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Indomita<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSarah Cahill, Regina Myers &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004499316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>D. Riley Nicholson: UP<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCostantino Catena, Giulio Arnofi, Accademia d&#8217;Archi Arrigoni &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004453175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Antonio Salieri: Piano Concertos<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid Childs, Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium and Brass Band<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDmytro Choni &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004443341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3; Statements for Orchestra; Billy the Kid Ballet Suite<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Crossing, Donald Nally &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004443391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>David Lang: Poor Hymnal<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLise Davidsen, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004482815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wagner: Der Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMatthew de Lacey Davidson &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004457352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Graceful Ghost: Contemporary Piano Rags 1960-2021<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNathan Davis, Sylvia Milo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004476721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Earthworks<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDudok Quartet- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004465955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol. 2<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJames Ehnes, Canada&#8217;s National Arts Centre Orchestra &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004464959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>J.S. 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Last Dance on the Surf; To the New World<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMonteverdi Choir, Jonathan Sells &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004476747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bruckner &amp; Gesualdo: Motets<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJustin Murphy-Mancini &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004497602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Organ Music in New England: Cultivating a Living Tradition<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Newman &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004476340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Of Mice and Men: Music from the Original Ballet<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004465947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 &#8216;The Year 1905&#8217;<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKun-Woo Paik &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004489253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mozart: Piano Works 3<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPresent Music &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004494851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Raven Chacon: Voiceless Mass<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nQuatuor Danel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004453254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Prokofiev: String Quartets<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nQuatuor Diotima &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004476748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor [2023 Recording]<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nQuiet Music Ensemble, Jack Adler-McKean &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004483017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Martin Iddon: Hesperides<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBeatrice Rana, Amsterdam Sinfonietta &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004457351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1054, 1056<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004465945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Liza Lehmann: Songs &#8211; A Brilliant Destiny<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMartin Rummel, Philippe Raskin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004454391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shostakovich &amp; Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nStephen Salters, Donald Berman, David Zobel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004483102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Elena Ruehr: Songs for Stephen<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004453248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Angel of Peace<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGiovanni Sollima, Il Pomo d&#8217;Oro, Federico Guglielmo \t&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/MW0004203234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Giovanni Sollima: Al-Bunduqiyya &#8211; The Lost Concerto<\/em><\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas S\u00f8nderg\u00e5rd, Royal Scottish National Orchestra &#8211; 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