March 2024
Schumann & Brahms: Chamber Music (Naxos Historical)
(Déjà Review) A real feeling here of spontaneity and depth of expression [TH]
Bach & Shostakovich: Salvation (Brilliant Classics)
An unlikely concept that seems to work better than expected [NC]
La Belle Dame (EM Records)
Largely early and apprentice works from British composers; sift with care [JW]
Pierre Cochereau (organ) The Album of the Centenary (Solstice)
A worthy tribute to a fine musician [SG]
Donizetti: L’esule di Roma (Opera Rara)
An opera overlooked for far too long is presented in the best possible light [MC]
Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
A specialist issue, but Mahler devotees and admirers of Sir Adrian Boult will find it fascinating [JQ]
Tippett: A Child of Our Time (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An indispensable purchase for all admirers of Tippett and all lovers of the English choral tradition [JQ]
Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pietà (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Exuberant and often full of élan and humour [GPJ]
A Room of Her Own (Chandos)
The Neave Trio charm us in this collection of rarities [RCh]
Charpentier & Desmarest: Te Deum (Alpha Classics)
Even if one does not need another Charpentier’s Te Deum, Desmarest’s setting deserves attention [JV]
Adrift (TRPTK)
Beautiful hidden gems from the clarinet trio repertoire [JF]
Eck: Violin concertos (cpo)
Soaring lyricism from Mozart’s contemporary [JW]
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor): Beyond (Erato)
A captivating 17th century programme [DF]
Romantic Songs – So tief im Abendrot (Hänssler Classic)
Disappointingly inadequate performances of Lieder arrangements, neither necessary nor desirable [PT]
Scarlatti: Sonatas (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A pianist to watch out for, and a recording that need not fear critical listening [ED]
Saint-Saëns: Organ music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent opportunity to move beyond the familiar [JF]
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)
Excellent performances, engaging and rewarding [SG]
Delius: Eine Messe des Lebens (LAWO Classics)
An outstanding recording of Eine Messe des Lebens [JQ]
Adila Fachiri and Marie Soldat (violin): (Biddulph)
Fachiri, Tovey and Soldat: historic recordings freighted with significance [JW]
Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra (Naxos)
Rossini’s rarely performed Elizabethan opera is given a lacklustre performance in the latest in Naxos’s Rossini Wildbad series [PT]
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets (Hyperion)
Two great Romantic string sextets played with the Nash Ensemble’s usual brilliance [NB]
Wagner: Die Feen (Orfeo)
A very fine cast and excellent sound makes this a decent version of Wagner’s difficult first opera [MP]
Raff: String Quartets 6 & 7 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) A talented and wholly convincing composer, able to adapt classical principles and romantic ends [TB}
Rimsky-Korsakov & Stravinsky: Scheherazade, Song of the Nightingale (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) Sumptuous, exciting and wonderfully sensuous [IL]
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