Jörg Widmann, German composer, conductor and clarinetist, was apparently the third most performed contemporary classical composer in the world in 2018. Born in 1973, he has composed extensively, including several operas and an oratorio. Widmann has written musical tributes to Classical and Romantic composers, and is the composer in residence of the Berlin Philharmonic for 2023/24. This April 2023 CD release combines Mozart's clarinet quintet from 1789 with Widmann's own work "which picks up on the omnipresent themes of "floating, love, and chant" in Mozart’s notes". Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Hagen Quartett (string quartet). World premiere recording of the Widmann quintet.

Harry Christopher's choral singing group "The Sixteen" has published it's latest in a series exploring the work of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-94). This is wonderfully relaxing stuff, and this disc includes the Missa Ut re mi fa sol la, composed maybe 1563, plus other scared works notably to celebrate St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist. CD released June 2023. The Mass is an 8-voice Mass based upon the hexachord – the first six notes of the scale.