Performed by Cantata Collective, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor and Paul Max Tipton, bass.
Atmos mixing and mastering: Margaret Tobin (Dolby Laboratories)
Recorded in 3D audio
Performed by Cantata Collective, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, with Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor and Paul Max Tipton, bass.
Atmos mixing and mastering: Margaret Tobin (Dolby Laboratories)
Recorded in 3D audio
Arranged by Muzio Clementi and performed by Charles Metz on an 1806 Clementi square piano.
Atmos mixing and mastering: McKay Garner
Recorded in 3D audio
Atlantic Chamber Ensemble in a premiere recording of Mason Bates' "Rags and Hymns of the River City", Guillaume Connesson's sextet and Gerald Finzi's "Eclogues".
Recorded in 3D audio
Live recording, performed by Thomas Cooley (Evangelist); Paul Max Tipton (Jesus); Harrison Hintzsche (Pilate; bass); Nola Richardson (soprano); Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (alto); Derek Chester (tenor); and Cantata Collective (Nicholas McGegan, conductor).
Atmos mixing and mastering: Michael Romanowski (Coast Mastering)
Recorded in surround sound
Soprano Gabrielle Haigh and pianist Randall Fusco perform art songs of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Giuseppe Martucci, Ottorino Respighi, Elsa Sangiacomo Respighi and Vittorio Rieti.
Recorded in surround sound
Charles Metz performs on an Italian virginal (made by Francesco Poggi around 1590).
The Del Sol String Quartet performs Huang Ruo's "A Dust In Time", which traces a meditative journey inspired by Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.
Recorded in 3D audio
Galax Quartet with Karen Clark, contralto performing John Cage "Five", Fred Frith "For No One", Mark Mellits "Quartet no. 2", Joseph Schwantner "Dream Drapery – Thoreau Songs", and two pieces by Roy Whelden ("Prelude and Divisions on Lennon/McCartney 'She's So Heavy' and 'Hay for the Horses'").
Recorded in 3D audio
Contralto Avery Amereau performs Handel opera arias with Nicholas McGegan OBE and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Performed by The Lee Trio; Third Coast Percussion; Del Sol String Quartet and Michel Taddei, bass; Lubbock Chamber Orchestra; Alex Browne; Chris DeChiara; Karen Strittmatter Galvin; Soloman Howard; Aundi Moore; Neemias Santos; D. J. Sparr; Kimberly Sparr; Richard White; Corbin DeSpain; Eric Allen; and Wonkyung Kim-Sills.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, Nicholas McGegan, music director. With Daniel Okulitch, Saul; Yulia van Doren, Merab; Sherezade Panthaki, Michal; Aaron Sheehan, Jonathan; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, David; Christian Pursell, Samuel/Doeg; Jonathan Smucker, Witch of Endor/Abner/Amelekite).
Europadisc "Top 10 Recordings of the Year"
Recorded in surround sound
Tenor Kyle Stegall and fortepianist Eric Zivian perform Robert Schumann's two Liederkreis song cycles, as well as five lieder by Clara Schumann. Eric's fortepiano was made by Franz Rausch in 1842, the year after the Liederkreis were both written!
Recorded in 3D audio. Available in Dolby Atmos on Tidal HiFi+, Amazon, and Apple Music Classical.
Cappella SF performing works of Mason Bates: "Sirens", six songs for mixed chorus and "Mass Transmission", with Isabelle Demers, organ and Mason Bates, electronica. Mason will add a specially-composed electronica work to go between the two song cycles.
Spatial audio mixed by David v.R. Bowles and authored by McKay Garner.
Recorded in 3D audio
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale return to the Scoring Stage of Skywalker Sound to record Handel's rarely heard oratorio "Joseph and his Brethren". Vocal soloists are Diana Moore (Joseph), Sherezade Panthaki (Asenath), Nicholas Phan (Simeon and Judah), Philip Cutlip (Pharaoh), Abigail Levis (Phanor) and Gabrielle Haigh (Benjamin).