Women and the Piano is Susan Tomes’s homage to the female pianists through the ages who have all-too-often slipped through into obscurity. Their often-extraordinary stories are told in the accompanying booklet, and their music given a chance to re-live its contemporaneous lustre—they may be little-known today, but during their lifetimes these composers moved in the uppermost echelons of musical and royal society.

Minsoo Sohn makes his debut Hyperion recording with an impressively lyrical interpretation of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier Book 1. First Prize Laureate of the 2006 Honens International Piano Competition, Sohn has performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia, earning particular acclaim for his searching interpretations of Bach and Beethoven.

Steven Isserlis plays The Marquis de Corberon is an opulent boxed-set celebrating the 300th anniversary of the eponymous 1726 Stradivarius, cited as one of the world’s greatest cellos. Here we have 10 CDs of Isserlis’s greatest albums performed on the instrument—with music ranging from his recent Boccherini ‘Music of the Angels’ album to Concertos by CPE Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvořák right up to John Tavener, enabling listeners and enthusiasts to enjoy this incomparable instrument across a range of eras and styles.

A new album from Decca Classics this month showcases the abundant talents of saxophonist Jess Gillam. Effortlessly spanning 900 years of music, Shine is a bold reflection of the energy and eclecticism of Jess’s musical upbringing and tastes.

On Signum Classics, La Serenissima’s latest foray into the world of unexpected album titles brings us Hell’s Angels, director/violin virtuoso Adrian Chandler putting together an enticing sequence of works by Vivaldi, Marcello, Leclair, Guillemain and Mascitti. And Promised Land from Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale and Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas surveys two and a half centuries of American choral music in a rich and purposefully programmed celebration of America’s choral heritage.

Women and the Piano is Susan Tomes’s homage to the female pianists through the ages who have all-too-often slipped through into obscurity. Their often-extraordinary stories are told in the accompanying booklet, and their music given a chance to re-live its contemporaneous lustre—they may be little-known today, but during their lifetimes these composers moved in the uppermost echelons of musical and royal society.

Minsoo Sohn makes his debut Hyperion recording with an impressively lyrical interpretation of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier Book 1. First Prize Laureate of the 2006 Honens International Piano Competition, Sohn has performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia, earning particular acclaim for his searching interpretations of Bach and Beethoven.

Steven Isserlis plays The Marquis de Corberon is an opulent boxed-set celebrating the 300th anniversary of the eponymous 1726 Stradivarius, cited as one of the world’s greatest cellos. Here we have 10 CDs of Isserlis’s greatest albums performed on the instrument—with music ranging from his recent Boccherini ‘Music of the Angels’ album to Concertos by CPE Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvořák right up to John Tavener, enabling listeners and enthusiasts to enjoy this incomparable instrument across a range of eras and styles.

A new album from Decca Classics this month showcases the abundant talents of saxophonist Jess Gillam. Effortlessly spanning 900 years of music, Shine is a bold reflection of the energy and eclecticism of Jess’s musical upbringing and tastes.

On Signum Classics, La Serenissima’s latest foray into the world of unexpected album titles brings us Hell’s Angels, director/violin virtuoso Adrian Chandler putting together an enticing sequence of works by Vivaldi, Marcello, Leclair, Guillemain and Mascitti. And Promised Land from Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale and Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas surveys two and a half centuries of American choral music in a rich and purposefully programmed celebration of America’s choral heritage.

Women and the Piano is Susan Tomes’s homage to the female pianists through the ages who have all-too-often slipped through into obscurity. Their often-extraordinary stories are told in the accompanying booklet, and their music given a chance to re-live its contemporaneous lustre—they may be little-known today, but during their lifetimes these composers moved in the uppermost echelons of musical and royal society.

Minsoo Sohn makes his debut Hyperion recording with an impressively lyrical interpretation of Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier Book 1. First Prize Laureate of the 2006 Honens International Piano Competition, Sohn has performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia, earning particular acclaim for his searching interpretations of Bach and Beethoven.

Steven Isserlis plays The Marquis de Corberon is an opulent boxed-set celebrating the 300th anniversary of the eponymous 1726 Stradivarius, cited as one of the world’s greatest cellos. Here we have 10 CDs of Isserlis’s greatest albums performed on the instrument—with music ranging from his recent Boccherini ‘Music of the Angels’ album to Concertos by CPE Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvořák right up to John Tavener, enabling listeners and enthusiasts to enjoy this incomparable instrument across a range of eras and styles.

A new album from Decca Classics this month showcases the abundant talents of saxophonist Jess Gillam. Effortlessly spanning 900 years of music, Shine is a bold reflection of the energy and eclecticism of Jess’s musical upbringing and tastes.

On Signum Classics, La Serenissima’s latest foray into the world of unexpected album titles brings us Hell’s Angels, director/violin virtuoso Adrian Chandler putting together an enticing sequence of works by Vivaldi, Marcello, Leclair, Guillemain and Mascitti. And Promised Land from Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale and Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas surveys two and a half centuries of American choral music in a rich and purposefully programmed celebration of America’s choral heritage.