April 2024

Like Klaus Tennstedt himself, Georg Wübbolt’s biography is flawed, but fascinating [NC]

A fine representative collection; no more rustic accents, please [JW]

(Déjà Review) Playing of great intelligence, intellectual rigour and keen spontaneity [TH]

(Déjà Review) Wonderfully wrought works, full of catchy, instantly memorable melody and magnificently harmonious [TM]

Idiosyncratic performances of pared-down music by Vivaldi [CR]

Contemporary Spanish-focused oboe quartets in a range of styles [JW]

A first class study, well worth tracking down [SG]

I enjoyed some unhackneyed repertoire and the marvellous singing [GF]

(Déjà Review) Each work is well worth hearing, and the Serenata is considerably more than that [CW]

(Déjà Review) An outstanding contribution to lieder on record [CH]

An eloquent performance of the main work with an interesting early work to complement it [SB]

A considerable achievement [JQ]

The second tranche of reissues of Lloyd conducting Lloyd [JW]

The final disc in a series of four devoted to Lully’s choral motets [JV]

(Déjà Review) A dramatic rendition of Ruy Blas completes this most appealing new issue [TB]

(Déjà Review) Remarkably subtle, giving due weight where required without missing any sense of fun [TH]

Classy performances by both singer and orchestra [ZT]

Immersive, colourful, ecologically compelling fare [RHa]

Ten world premiere recordings amongst this conspectus of Eller’s violin works [JW]

A rewarding sampler of work by a consistently interesting composer, uniformly well-played and recorded [GPu]

Much of its freshness of character comes from the fact that so many young people are involved [WH]

A major work by Dupré. Very strongly recommended [JQ]

These new arrangements for string orchestra of existing works are of more specialist than general appeal [SB]

Fine Brahms choral music from an unexpected source [WH]