HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD
Reflection, $16.99

The French pianist Hélène Grimaud is a fairly starry presence, and she has a new album titled “Reflection” (Deutsche Grammophon). It contains music of Brahms, Schumann, and Clara Schumann, and is meant to celebrate — or “reflect” — the relationship they shared.

Ms. Grimaud begins with Schumann’s Piano Concerto, in which she collaborates with the Staatskapelle Dresden, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Then she plays three songs of Clara Schumann — that is, she accompanies Anne Sofie von Otter, the great Swedish mezzo, in them. Next? A Brahms cello-and-piano sonata, in which Ms. Grimaud is joined byTruls Mørk, the impressive Norwegian cellist. Last, the pianist plays by her lonesome: the two Brahms Rhapsodies, Op. 79.

This is an unusual album, as you can see: a concerto album, a vocal one, a chamber one, and a solo-piano one. That is a welcome approach — because why should a CD be stuck in one gear?

RENÉE FLEMING
Homage, $16.99

Renée Fleming has a new album, which is not big news: The glamorous American soprano pumps out CDs like Toyota does cars. But this is an extraordinary album. Called “Homage,” and found on Decca, it’s designed to pay tribute to divas past: Geraldine Farrar, Rosa Ponselle, Maria Jeritza, Emmy Destinn.

Gimmick aside, this is a disc of amazingly distinguished singing. Ms. Fleming lays on superb voice, and she deploys much musical intelligence. She is known for lush, creamy singing, and she provides plenty of that; but she can be scalding and slashing, too, hurling sound. She is not all velvet.

Ms. Fleming has done many albums, but this is one of her best. It’s a tribute, not just to divas, but to opera itself, and to the human voice.

‘MATILDE DI SHABRAN’
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Riccardo Frizza, cond. $50.99

Are you ready for some Rossini? And not only some Rossini, but a rarity? Decca brings us a complete recording of “Matilde di Shabran.”

This opera is filled with marvelous music, including those tricky ensembles in which the composer specializes. The recording comes from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy. And the star of the show is the number–one Rossini tenor in the world: Juan Diego Flórez.

In the role of Corradino Cuor di ferro — Corradino Ironheart! — Mr. Flórez is as nimble and fiery as ever, with that little quiver in his voice.

And in the title role of Matilde is a French soprano named Annick Massis. Her voice is light, light, light, and acrobatic. She is a bird that can turn somersaults as it flits from twig to twig.

A “new” Rossini opera performed with heart and skill, by one and all — Rossini lovers must welcome these discs with open arms.

‘STEINWAY LEGENDS’
10 pianists on 21 CDs, $149.98

You know Steinway & Sons as a piano company, but they are also a CD series now. Universal Classics has released “Steinway Legends,” memorializing 10 pianists. Each one is featured on two discs. And if you want the whole set, you can get it in a miniature replica of a Steinway grand.

How’s that for marketing?

“Steinway Legends” has been curated by a fine team, which includes Dennis Rooney, the estimable scholar and critic. In its selection of repertoire, this team has played to each pianist’s strengths. We have a balance of the familiar and the unfamiliar, the expected and the less so.

Who are these “Legends”? Some are living, and very much active — Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Mitsuko Uchida; some belong to history, even myth — Horowitz, Arrau, Gilels.

And you may ask whether we “need” more recordings, or repackagings, of canonical pianists such as these. My answer is, There’s always room for a disc, or a series, well done.