New releases from Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivan Ilić, and Van Cliburn competition-winner Haochen Zhang, plus the penultimate instalment of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Rolando Villazón’s Mozart opera project on Deutsche Grammophon.
It's Friday again, so lets take a stroll around the latest jazz new releases. From Evan Parker Avenue (easy to get lost here) head south down Steve Herring Cul-de-Sac, find the footpath sign-posted towards the Monkey House, then take a left with Jon Batiste when you get to the Village Vanguard, and if you're lucky get a lift home in Andy Fusco's Punto.
An utterly enthralling debut recital from American soprano Melody Moore, a pacey period-instrument account of Weber’s *Oberon* from the Stadttheater Gießen, and eclectic new concertos for violin and clarinet from Wynton Marsalis and Joseph Phibbs.
This year the film industry has produced an abundance of box office successes, as well as providing us with some great soundtracks. Many of the sheet music albums for the latest popular films are now available to buy including music from *Aladdin*, *Rocketman*, *Yesterday*, *Captain Marvel*, *Avengers: Endgame* and more...
One of the most exciting archive discoveries of recent times, after 50 years on the shelf *Grits, Beans And Greens* is everything Tubby Hayes worshippers had hoped for, and it already sounds like a classic.
With his second album, *Everybody Digs Bill Evans*, the pianist re-invented the role of his instrument in jazz. Over 60 years later it remains as fresh as when it was first released, and is the ideal first step into Evans's discography.
The violinist talks to Katherine about premiering the legendary jazz musician's Violin Concerto (released earlier this month on Decca), which draws on influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Scottish folk music and Stravinsky.
The theorbo-player and lutenist talks to David about her solo album *Ars longa*, released on Linn last month, which includes music by Kapsberger, Piccinini and Robert de Visée as well as new commissions from Benjamin Oliver and Nico Muhly.
New releases from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort, and the Hilliard Ensemble in one of their final recordings.
All jazz life is here... from the bawdy Pearl Bailey, through lost Tubby Hayes, guitar noodlings, George Haslam in a church, and wasp-deterrent improv.
The maverick Moldovian violinist records music by Hartmann, Frank Martin and John Zorn, plus Strauss from Riccardo Chailly, Falla from Pablo Heras-Casado, Brahms from Daniel Harding, and a live recording of *Tristan und Isolde* starring Stuart Skelton and Gun-Brit Barkmin.
*Stepping Back, Jumping In* is a sharp, witty and exciting new album from one of the powerhouses of UK jazz, Laura Jurd. Is it too soon to call her our own Carla Bley?
Talk about behemoths - this week I pull out *The Köln Concert*, Keith Jarrett's game-changing solo album. Over forty years later it hasn't lost any of its power.
The violinist talks to Katherine about premiering the legendary jazz musician's Violin Concerto (released earlier this month on Decca), which draws on influences as diverse as Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Scottish folk music and Stravinsky.
Two books discussing the music of Claude Debussy; memoirs from Scottish composer James MacMillan and Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin; a history of electronic music from the 1950s to the present day; an exhaustive celebration of the life and work of cultural icon Barbra Streisand; and pedagogical guides to teaching piano and jazz.
Ádám Fischer conducts the Danish Chamber Orchestra in frequently thrilling, occasionally controversial, but always fascinating performances of Beethoven's symphonies.
New releases from Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, cellist Jan Vogler and the late Jörg Demus, plus world premiere recordings of operas by Goldschmidt and Cavalli, and the final instalment of Carus’s venerable Complete Schütz Edition.