Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

Option selectors:

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New Releases

• Benjamin Appl: Lines of Life (Alpha) [02-14] - classical
• Benjamin Apl & James Baillieu: For Dieter: The Past and the Future (Alpha) [05-23] - lied
• ERR: stream no grade: Ashé Mystics: Fizzy Bubble Hummm
• Viviane Audet: Le Piano Et Le Torrent () [09-29] - classical/jazz
• Nicolas Baldeyrou: Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet Vol. 1 (Alpha) [03-14] - classical
• Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano (Chandos) [04-04] - classical
• BBC Concert Orchestra/John Andrews: Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works ( Resonus) [03-28] - classical
• BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena/James Ehnes: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint-Saéns: Violen Concerto No. 3; Sarasate: Concert Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (Chandos) [03-07] - concerto
• Julian Bliss/Taavi Oramo/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Lindberg & Aho Clarinet Concertos (Signum) [09-05] - classical
• Ian Bostridge/Saskia Giorgini: Twilight Schumann Songs (PentaTone) [02-28] - classical
• Calidore String Quartet: Beethoven: The Early Quartets (Signum) [01-24] - classical
• Gaechinger Cantorey & Hans-Christoph Rademann: Johann Sebastian Bach: THe First Cantata Year Vol. 6 (Hänssler) [01-03] - classical
• Renaud Capuçon: Sibelius/Barber: Violin Concertos (Erato) [02-14] - classical
• Alessandro Carbonare/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner: Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto/Helios/Symphony No. 5 (Chandos) [09-05] - classical
• Bertrand Chamayou: Ravel: Fragments (Erato) [03-07] - classical
• Gloria Cheng: Root Progressions () [01-24] - jazz/classical
• Seong-Jin Cho: Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works (Deutsche Grammophon) [01-17] - classical
• Dmytro Choni: Pilgrimage (Naïve) [03-28] - classical
• Dame Sarah Connolly/Joseph Middleton: The World Feels Dusty (Chandos) [09-12] - lied
• Jeremy Crosmer/Mahan Esfahani/Mitsuru Kubo/Jackson Symphony Orchestra/Matthew Aubin: Fernande Decruck: Concertante Works Volume 2 (Claves) [03-07] - concerto
• Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov: Mahler Symphony No. 3 (PentaTone) [03-07] - classical
• Lise Davidsen/Gerald Finley/Edward Gardner: Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (Decca) [04-18] - opera
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jader Bignamini: Wynton Marsalis: Blues Symphony (PentaTone) [03-14] - modern classical
• Tara Erraught/Ruth Rosique/Julien Dran/Chamber Choir Ireland/National Symphony of Ireland/Jean-Luc Tingaud: Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande - Suite; Prométhée (Excerpts); Shylock; Songs (Naxos) [01-10] - classical
• Mahan Esfahani: Bach: Das Wohltemperirte Clavier 1 (Hyperion) [08-29] - baroque
• Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste & Concerto Copenhagen: Arvo Pärt: . . . Lente (Berlin Classics) [05-02] - classical
• Amanda Forsythe/Christian Immler/Carlotta Colombo/Jesse Blumberg/Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble/Paul O'Dette/Stephen Stubbs/Robert Mealy: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona/Livietta E Tracollo (CPO) [ 01-03] - classical
• Rhiannon Giddens/Karen Slack/Paul Sanchez/Will Liverman/Reginald Mobley/Julian Velasco: Shawn E Okpebholo: Songs in Flight (Cedille) [02-14] - modern classical
• Franz Halász: Villa-Lobos: The Complete Solo Works (BIS) [04-18] - classical
• Barbara Hannigan/Katia & Marielle Labèque/David Chalmin: Electric Fields (Alpha) [05-09] - classical
• Happy Family: Walking Through the Mire/The Dark Forest (Cuneiform) [10-13] - minimalism
• Samuel Hasselhorn/Ammiel Bushakevitz: Franz Schubert: Licht und Schatten (Harmonia Mundi) [02-28] - classical
• Ashley Jackson: Take Me to the Water (Decca) [03-21] - classical
• Jameszoo: Music for 17 Musicians (Brainfeeder) [05-30] - post-minimalism
• Gaétan Jarry/Ensemble Marguerite Louise/David Tricou/Romain Champion/Nicolas Brooymans: Charpentier: Missa Assumpta Est Maria (Château de Versailles Spectacles) [02-28] - baroque
• Clarice Jensen: In Holiday Clothing, Out of the Great Darkness () [10-17] - modern classical
• ERR: grade bad priority: Knucks: A Fine African Man
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja/Thomas KAufmann/Camerata Bern: Exile (Alpha) [01-24] - classical
• Kronos Quartet: Mary Kouyoumdjian: Witness () [ 03-14] - modern classical
• Kronos Quartet and the Hard Rain Collective: Hard Rain (Red Hot Org) [07-06] - chamber music [**]
• Anna Lapwood: Firedove () [05-30] - modern classical
• Yunchan Lim/Martin Alsop/Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 (Decca) [05-16] - classical
• London Choral Sinfonia/Michael Waldron: Malcolm Arnold (Orchid Classics) [02-28] - choral
• Charlie Lovell-Jones/Sinfonia of London/John Wilson: Walton: Violin Concerto; Symphonic Suite from "Troilus and Cressida"; Portsmouth Point (Chandos) [03-07] - classical
• Marmen Quartet: Ligeti & Bartók: String Quartets (BIS) [01-17] - chamber music
• Malcolm Martineau: The Complete Songs of Ravel (Signum) [04-18] - classical
• Members of the Piatti Quartet/Simon Callaghan/Ashok Klouda: Chamber Music of William Busch (Lyrita) [01-03] - classical
• Peter Moore/Tredegar Band/Ian Porthouse: Shift (Chandos) [03-21] - classical
• The Nash Ensemble: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Sonatas Pour Divers Instruments; String Quartet (Hyperion) [01-10] - classical
• Stefania Neonato/Christine Busch: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonaten fÜr Klavier und Violene op. 12 Nr. 3, Op. 30 Nr. 3, Op. 96 (SWR) [01-10] - classical
• Orlando Consort: A Lover's Death (Hyperion) [01-31] - medieval
• Alice Sara Ott: John Field: Complete Nocturnes (Deutsche Grammophon) [02-07] - classical
• Martin Owen/BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba: Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos) [01-03] - classical
• Parlando/Ian Niederhoffer/Aubree Oliverson: Censored Anthems (Delos) [02-28] - classical
• Arvo Pärt: And I Heard a Voice () - classical
• Philharmonie Festiva & Gerd Schaller: Bruckner 3 (Version 1877) ( Profil) [01-17] - symphony
• Alain Planès: Satie (Harmonia Mundi) [03-07] - impressionism

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