In Daniil Trifonov’s second volume of his musical journey across the Americas, the recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra Artist-in-Residence shares a wide-ranging selection of his Latin American and Caribbean musical discoveries. Trifonov performs his own tango and solo works by composers ranging from Heitor Villa-Lobos to Gabriela Lena Frank. He is also joined by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and percussionist/conductor …

From TV theme tunes to a folk-inspired “circle dance on seven notes” by Villa-Lobos, Laurence Perkins, one of Britain’s best-known solo bassoonists, presents a pleasing miscellany of composers and works demonstrating the expressive potential of the bassoon. Perkins gets sterling support from a wealth of fine musicians and ensembles on his eighth album for Hyperion. The program covers a century …