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Before we say hello to 2025, Classic 107 stopped to pay tribute to the year in classical music that was by sharing some of the best recordings of the year. 

Morning Light host Nolan Kehler and Chris Wolf from The Diamond Lane stepped into the Classic 107 studios to chat about their favourite classical music albums and moments from 2024. These picks ran the gamut from solo piano recordings by Bruce Liu and Louise Bessette to composers ranging from Sibelius to Penderecki to Mendelssohn to Green Day! 

Those albums include:

In the Crystalline Vault of Heaven by Luminos Ensemble (Margot Rejskind, conductor) (Leaf Music)

In the Crystalline Vault of Heaven by the Luminos Ensemble. (Source: Leaf Music)
In the Crystalline Vault of Heaven by the Luminos Ensemble. (Source: Leaf Music)

 

Selected Cut: I. "Searston Beach" from Al Pittman Suite (Kathleen Allan)

 

Escale en Nouvelle-Angleterre/Port of Call: New England by Louise Bessette (ATMA Classique)

Escale en Nouvelle-Angleterre/Port of Call: New England by Louise Bessette. (Source: ATMA Classique)
Escale en Nouvelle-Angleterre/Port of Call: New England by Louise Bessette. (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cut: II. "Mid-summer" and III. "Mid-winter" from New England Idyls (Edward MacDowell)

 

 

Basta parlare! by Les Baracudas (ATMA Classique)

Basta parlare! by Les Baracudas (Source: ATMA Classique)
Basta parlare! by Les Baracudas (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cut: Sonata Duadecima a 3 in A minor (Dario Castello)

 

Dialogues by Noémie Raymond and Zhenni-Li Cohen (Leaf Music)

Dialogues by Noémie Raymond and Zhenni-Li Cohen (Source: Leaf Music)
Dialogues by Noémie Raymond and Zhenni-Li Cohen (Source: Leaf Music)

 

Selected Cut: II. Allegro scherzando from Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 19 (Sergei Rachmaninov)

 

Marie Hubert, Fille du Roy by the Molinari Quartet, Pentaedre, Valerie Milot (harp), and Karina Gauvin (soprano) (ATMA Classique)

Marie Hubert, Fille du Roy by the Molinari Quartet, Pentaedre and Karina Gauvin. (Source: ATMA Classique)
Marie Hubert, Fille du Roy by the Molinari Quartet, Pentaedre and Karina Gauvin. (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cuts: "Gai lon la, gai le rosier" and "Les filles à marier" (trad. Quebecois, arr. Claude Lepalme)

 

 

Catharsis by David Potvin (Leaf Music)

Catharsis by David Potvin. (Source: Leaf Music)
Catharsis by David Potvin. (Source: Leaf Music)

 

Selected Cut: "Growing Forgiveness" (Cris Derksen)

 

Haydn: Cello Concertos - Hetu: Rondo by Cameron Crozman (cello) and Les Violons du Roy (Nicholas Ellis, conductor) (ATMA Classique)

Haydn - Cello Concertos; Hetu - Rondo by Cameron Crozman. (Source: ATMA Classique)
Haydn - Cello Concertos; Hetu - Rondo by Cameron Crozman. (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cut: Rondo for Cello and String Orchestra, op. 9 (Jacques Hétu)

 

Sibelius Symphonies 2 and 5 by the Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal (Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor) (ATMA Classique)

Sibelius 2 and 5 by the Orchestre Metropolitan de Montreal. (Source: ATMA Classique)
Sibelius 2 and 5 by the Orchestre Metropolitan de Montreal. (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cut: I. Allegretto from Symphony no. 2 

 

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons by Bruce Liu (Deutsche Grammophon)

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons by Bruce Liu. (Source: Deutsche Grammophon)
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons by Bruce Liu. (Source: Deutsche Grammophon)

 

Selected Cuts: I. "January: At the Fireside" and II. "February: Carnival" from The Seasons 

 

 

Voyages by Phillip Chiu (ATMA Classique)

Voyages by Phillip Chiu. (Source: ATMA Classique)
Voyages by Phillip Chiu. (Source: ATMA Classique)

 

Selected Cut: I. "Pagodes" from Estampes (Claude Debussy)

 

Infinite Voyage by the Emerson String Quartet & Barbara Hannigan (Alpha Classics)

Infinite Voyage by the Emerson String Quartet and Barbara Hannigan. (Source: Alpha Classics)
Infinite Voyage by the Emerson String Quartet and Barbara Hannigan. (Source: Alpha Classics)

 

Selected Cut: Chanson perpétuelle (Ernest Chausson)

 

Where Waters Meet by the Canadian Chamber Choir (Independent)

Where Waters Meet by the Canadian Chamber Choir. (Source: Canadian Chamber Choir)
Where Waters Meet by the Canadian Chamber Choir. (Source: Canadian Chamber Choir)

 

Selected Cut: Nipîy (Sherryl Sewepegaham)

 

HarpistKT by Kristan Toczko (Leaf Music)

HarpistKT by Kristan Toczko. (Source: Leaf Music)
HarpistKT by Kristan Toczko. (Source: Leaf Music)

 

Selected Cut: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (Green Day)

 

Stravinsky: Chamber Works by the Royal Academy of Music & Juilliard School Ensemble (Barbara Hannigan, conductor)

Stravinsky - Chamber Works by the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School Ensemble. (Source: Linn)
Stravinsky - Chamber Works by the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School Ensemble. (Source: Linn)

 

Selected Cut: Concerto in E flat Major "Dumbarton Oaks" 

 

 

 

Sibelius and Prokofiev 1 - Violin Concertos by Janine Jansen (violin) and the Oslo Philharmonic (Klaus Mäkelä, conductor) (Decca)

Sibelius - Prokofiev 1 by Janine Jansen and the Oslo Philharmonic. (Source: Decca)
Sibelius - Prokofiev 1 by Janine Jansen and the Oslo Philharmonic. (Source: Decca)

 

Selected Cut: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D Major, mvt. III: "Moderato" (Sergei Prokofiev)

 

Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works by the Latvian Radio Choir (Sigvards Klava, conductor) (Juno)

Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works by the Latvian Radio Choir. (Source: Juno)
Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works by the Latvian Radio Choir. (Source: Juno)

 

Selected Cut: "Song of Cherubim"

 

Clear Voices in the Dark by Skylark (Matthew Guard, conductor) (Sono Luminous)

Clear Voices in the Dark by the Skylark Ensemble. (Source: Sono Luminous)
Clear Voices in the Dark by the Skylark Ensemble. (Source: Sono Luminous)

 

Selected Cut: "I. De tous les printemps du monde..." and "II. En chantant les servantes s'élancent..." from Figure humaine by Francis Poulenc

 

 

The Kurt Weill Album by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (Joana Mallwitz, conductor) (Deutsche Grammophon)

The Kurt Weill Album by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. (Source: Deutsche Grammophon)
The Kurt Weill Album by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. (Source: Deutsche Grammophon)

 

Selected Cut: Symphony no. 2, mvt. 1: "Sostenuto - Allegro molto"

 

Keel Road by the Danish String Quartet (ECM Records)

Keel Road by the Danish String Quartet. (Source: ECM Records)
Keel Road by the Danish String Quartet. (Source: ECM Records)

 

Selected Cuts: "Pericondine/Fair Isle Jig" and "Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady"

 

 

A full playlist of our favourite classical music recordings of 2024 can be found on our Spotify!

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