Newest Reviews

Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Sony Classical)

(Déjà Review) White heat roller-coaster thrills [IL]

Minkus: La Bayadère (Opus Arte)

(Déjà Review) One of the best productions of a classical ballet that the ROH has ever staged or filmed [MMB]

John Williams: Spotlight (Prospero Classical)

An enjoyable selection of lesser-known Williams, showcasing his versatility [DJB]

Čiurlionis: Complete Works for Orchestra (Northern Flowers)

Čiurlionis’s nature scores heard in eloquent performances by a foremost interpreter of his music [JW]

JS Bach: The Cello Suites · Guitar Transcriptions (IBS Classical)

A thoroughly convincing, beautifully played, and sensitively transcribed version of these masterworks [RMo]

Brahms & Contemporaries: Piano Quartets, Vol 3 (Chandos)

The next volume in the Kaleidoscope’s Brahms series proves again that he is mightier than his contemporaries [ST]

The Viola Sonatas from the Royal Chapel of Madrid (Eudora Records)

An important recording of viola sonatas from the classical period in Spain [JV]

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Haydn & Schubert: Symphonies (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) The Jochum brothers’ reputations don’t need to be reversed, but it’s quite an enjoyable peep into the past [CH]