Classical CDs Weekly: Guy Johnston, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, The Chanteuse
A cello celebrates its 300th birthday, bel canto arias, and erudite light music from 1960s France
Guy Johnston: Tecchler’s Cello - From Cambridge to Rome (King’s College Cambridge)
Sibelius: Piano Music Leif Ove Andsnes (Sony)
Antheil: A Jazz Symphony, Piano Concerto No. 1, Capital of the Word, Archipelago “Rhumba” Frank Dupree (piano), Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Karl-Heinz Steffens (Capriccio)
John Cage: Two4 Aisha Orazbayeva (violin), Naomi Sato (shō) (SN Variations)
Henze: Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesänge, Kammermusik 1958 Scharoun Ensemble Berlin/Daniel Harding, with Andrew Staples (tenor), Markus Weidmann (bassoon) and Jürgen Ruck (guitar) (Tudor)
Mansurian: Requiem RIAS Kammerchor, Münchener Kammerorchester/Alexander Liebreich (ECM)
Dvořák: Symphony No 9, Sibelius: Finlandia Chineke! Orchestra/Kevin John Edusei (Signum)
Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos, Volume 2 Mikhail Korzhev, Eric Huebner (pianos), Nurit Pacht (violin), Adrian Partington (organ), English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods (Toccata Classics)
Dreams & Fancies – English music for solo guitar Sean Shibe (guitar) (Delphian)
Mompou: Fêtes Lointaines Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) (MDG)