Violist Timothy Ridout and pianist Jonathan Ware present works by friends and colleagues working side by side in the musical melting pot of fin de siècle Paris. The centerpiece of the album is César Franck’s Violin Sonata of 1886 performed in Paul-Louis Neuberth’s 1919 arrangement for viola. The program also features Léon Honnoré’s Morceau de concert, premiered in 1904 by viola …

With their latest album, reeed quintet Calefax explores the majestic and mysterious essence of the organ— without an organ in sight. Revoicing centuries of repertoire for their wind ensemble, they channel the instrument’s spiritual depth, improvisational roots, and theatrical flair through breath and reed instead of pipes. From Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Fantasia Chromatica and Nicolaus Bruhns’s richly imaginative Prelude in …