March 2023

A fine performance of Schütz’s masterpiece [JV]

An expert and fascinating exposition of the full version of Florent Schmitt’s ballet score [JQ]

For me, the two outer tracks alone make this anthology of final scenes compulsory [RMo]

An excellent recording of little-known music by a pupil of Vaughan Williams and contemporary of Finzi [MSt]

Revelatory for the uninitiated [ZT]

Regerian inheritances haunt Johanna Senfter’s unsettled and largely melancholic viola works [JW]

A survey by Ralph Moore

(Déjà Review) Buy it for the Bach, and become enthralled by the rest [DC]

(Déjà Review) The pleasure that Caballé’s beautiful tone and imaginative approach gives is enormous [JS]

Music and performance can be recommended without reservation [JQ]

Another step toward full appreciation of Spanish music of the 18th century [JV]

Attractively confident and assured quartets in dramatic, virtuosic readings [NB]

Gimpel’s Vox concertos: rich in virtuosity, glamour and colour [JW]

Ghedini’s work is the standout on this well-played, interesting disc [GPu]

Aristocratic, authoritative and poetic performances [SG]

(Déjà Review) All credit to Bebbington and Somm for opening this stimulating door [RB]

(Déjà Review) A fine new recording of Stokowski’s vividly orchestrated responses to Mussorgsky’s music [CT]

A goldmine for guitar aficionados, and general music lovers, too; the excellence of the playing can be taken for granted [GF]

Maltempo captures the romantic sweep of the music and its nuances wonderfully well [JF]

Aureate radiance: radiant in calm; radiant in storm [RB]

Kapustin’s jazz-based music brought to life in brilliant fashion [JW]

Attractive, often beautiful works in superb performances and recordings, worth repeated hearing [HC]

Exotically scored but melodically diffuse, this melodrama is given the best possible advocacy [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Those famous tumbling high Cs in the Allegri are piercing in their exaltation – tonal splendour and vocal blend a joy throughout [TH]