May 2023

(Déjà Review) Undoubtedly ranks among the finest achievements of recorded music in recent times [TB]

Mary Bevan’s golden tone floats effortlessly over Joseph Middleton’s sensitive accompaniment [GF]

One of our greatest cellists in a revelatory performance from his younger days [WH]

Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]

Old war horses emerge reinvigorated [DMD]

Speed is not a substitute for energy [DP]

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]

(Déjà Review) A fine synergy: superb instrument, performer and recording [DC]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

Cavalieri’s pioneering work given a modern interpretation with mixed results [PCG]

A second volume of Lincke’s music offers no surprises but plenty of enjoyment [RMay]

This music ranges from the avant-garde to pieces almost fit for cathedrals in the 1500s [JF]

A must-buy for all lovers of guitar music [GF]

A performance worthy of the best classics, but with new, modern sound [DP]

This cycle, like no other, compels attention with its haunting quietude [RWe]

(Déjà Review) Fortunate the listener who learns her/his Brahms through these works [RB]

(Déjà Review) Rattle is always a compelling guide to this work [TD]

Those who explore the hidden pathways of Russian music will find much to enjoy here [GT]

Welcome first appearance on disc of Joseph Bologne’s only surviving opera [CRo]

This journey to the Elysian fields is a recital that should satisfy all lovers of Schubert [GF]

A fine performance even if it does not quite displace my established favourites [RMo]

Fine, often beautiful works in glorious choral singing [HC]

An important entry to the discographies of both Mahler and Antal Doráti [LD]

A remarkable record – I have little hesitation in making the Dvorák a first choice [CC]