Music and Recording Reviews

Peter Perrett: The Cleansing; The Blasters: Over There: Live at the Venue, London – The Complete Concert; Inhaler: Open Wide; Ray Charles: Best of Country & Western; Teddy Swims: I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).

Brahms: Trio Op.114; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello; Javier Perianes, piano. Mahler: Symphony 9; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski. Sean Shibe: Vesper. Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2; Song-Koï; Les Tziganes; Orchestre National de France/Cristian Măcelaru.

Gabrielle Cavassa: Diavola; Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call; Pepper Adams Quintet; Cecil Taylor Unit: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts; Javon Jackson: Jackson Plays Dylan.

Eric Whitacre: The Sacred Veil, Beethoven: 9 Symphonies, Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, Shostakovich: Symphonies 5, 1, Gyda Valtysdottir: Epicycle II and Augustin Hadelich: Bohemian Tales.

Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords, Keleketla, Joel Ross: Who Are You? and John Zorn and Jesse Harris: Songs for Petra.

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Christopher Otto & JACK Quartet: rag'sma, R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony and Fairy Tales: Recital Music From Eastern Europe: Music by Prokofiev, Tubin, Körvits, Herdzin, Balsys, Tcherepnine, and Markovitch.

Johnathan Blake: Homeward Bound, Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams, Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love and Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth.