Houston Symphony
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra serve up some curious and, from time to time, rather languorous Elgar.
An album of Brahms lieder from two musicians in their prime: Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.

The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Mid-Year: Warming Up a Riff — How It Happened, and Why It Matters