“Havana Moon” selected by SiriusXM Symphony Hall “Best Recordings of 2016”
(Chosen by the Symphony Hall Announcing Staff)
Can be heard all day on December 31 and January 1
- America Again – Lara Downes (Sonos Luminus)
- Martha Argerich – Early Recordings (DGG)
- Joshua Bell – For the Love of Brahms (Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, Steven Isserlis; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields) (Sony)
- “Be Glad then America” – Bennett and Schuman: The “President’s Own” Unites States Marine Band: Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig (Altissimo)
- Juri Belohlavek – Czech Philharmonic: Dvorak Slavonic Dances (Decca – Universal Music)
- Aaron Copland – Ballet Music: Leonard Slatkin – Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)
- Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle” Giancarlo Guerrero – Nashville Symphony; Zuill Bailey, Cello (Tales of Hemingway) (Naxos)
- Elgar – Orchestral Transcriptions: Kenneth Woods – English Symphony Orchestra; Rodolfus Choir (Avie)
- Ginastera at 100 – Yolanda Kondonassis, Orli Shaham, Gil Shaham and the Oberlin Orchestra (Oberlin Music)
- Cold Mountain – Jennifer Higdon (Pentatone)
- Imani Winds – Startin’ Sumthin’ (eONE Music)
- Lang Lang – New York Rhapsody: Lang Lang; Herbie Hancock; John Axelrod – London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
- Minnesota Orchestra – Osmo Vanska: Sibelius Symphonies 3, 6 and 7 (BIS)
- Poulenc Works for Solo Piano and Duo: Lucille Chung (with Alessio Bax) (Signum)
- Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood: Alice Cooper; Alexander Shelly; National Youth Orchestra of Germany (Universal Music)
- Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 1; Balakirev: Tamara: – Valery Gergiev – London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live)
- Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker: Complete Ballet; Symphony No. 4: Valery Gergiev – Mariinsky Orchestra (Mariinsky)
- Michael Torke – Three Manhattan Bridges: David Alan Miller – Albany Symphony Orchestra; Joyce Yang; Julie Albers (Albany Records)
- TransAtlantic Ensemble: – Havana Moon (Steinway and Sons)
- “Winter” – V O C E S 8 (Universal Music)
- Pinchas Zukerman – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: English String Music (Decca – Universal Music)