Newest Reviews

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Bliss conducts Bliss (Pristine Audio)

Two important works, well performed under the baton of the composer [JF]

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Williams: Orchestral Works (Resonus)

A programme full of attractive and highly imaginative music which is well worth getting to know [JQ]

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Bach: Goldberg variations (Azure Sky)

Well played but very closely and reverberantly recorded, and somewhat anonymous, while the absence of repeats makes it sound truncated [RMo]

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Śmietański: Chamber Music (Acte Préalable)

The trio is certainly worthy of your time and attention, the sonata less so [RHa]

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Christine Walevska (cello) The Beauty and the Bow (Rhine Classics)

The admirable cellist Christine Walevska traced over 50 years of performances and recordings [JW]

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Donizetti: L’aio nell’imbarazzo (Naxos)

Not a forgotten masterwork but an early comedy worth rescuing from almost total oblivion for 200 years [GF]

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Schubert: Winterreise (Orchid Classics)

An extraordinary recording debut: a self-accompanied recording of Winterreise which proves to be much more than just a gimmick [PT]

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Grainger: The Warriors (Cala)

(Déjà Review) High excitement, earthy vitality and superbly recorded sound [MC]