Editor's Choice: June 2025 | The best new classical recordings

Friday, May 16, 2025

The month we feature new recordings of Strauss's Salome, Shostakovich's piano concertos, CPE Bach's violin sonatas, Elgar's The Kingdom and more

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Edward Gardner faces the horror and beauty of Strauss's Salome head-on

Edward Gardner wrestles with Strauss’s darkest opera in a gripping new Chandos recording – and finds...

Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin on returning to Scriabin's music

A second album celebrates a composer whose music has a special place in the pianist's affections

Sheku Kanneh-Mason interview: ‘It’s so incredibly important to have music that documents our own time’

Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s new album marks a return to Shostakovich, with his Second Cello Concerto...

Replay: The Guarneri at the top of their game; François in concert; Demus in Dresden

Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings

The best online classical concerts and events this month (June 2025)

Peter Quantrill explores a range of web-based concerts

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