June 2024
Campo: String Quartets Nos 8 & 9 (MarchVivo)
Captivating Late Romantic music in the hands of persuasive friends [NC]
Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (cpo)
In its Full, Original Glory: Le astuzie femminili [DF]
Adams: City Noir and Fearful Symmetries (Naxos)
Marin Alsop and her Vienna orchestra shine [LW]
Pickard: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6, Verlaine Songs (BIS)
A first-rate addition to Pickard’s discography, not to be missed [HC]
Rheinberger & Mendelssohn: Choral Works (Pentatone)
Heady sensuality combined with religious rigour: what’s not to like? [ST]
Bennett: Piano Concerto & Concerto for Stan Getz (Decca)
(Déjà Review) From Boulez-inspired serialism to film scores and out and out jazz. A useful overview of the prolific and diverse output of a truly versatile composer [CT]
Peterson-Berger: Symphony No 4, Törnrosasagan and Frösöblomster (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Fans of early twentieth century conservative Scandinavian symphonies will be well pleased with these recordings [JP]
Where Songs Go at Night (Neuma Records)
The project exemplifies the meaning of the saying “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” [SA]
Beethoven: The String Quartets (Candle Row Press)
A lively introduction to this music written with humour, erudition and enthusiasm [DMD]
Perrachio & Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintets (Da Vinci Classics)
Excellent performances of two vibrant but neglected chamber works [RCh]
Vienna, Theme & Variations (Zip Records)
Piano quatre mains at its best [DC]
Philippe Gaubert (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov & Dukas (Forgotten Records)
An early electrically recorded Scheherazade from a distinctive Parisian orchestra and conductor [JW]
Rózsa: Orchestral Works (cpo)
(Déjà Review) A refreshing collection with excellent interpretations all round [RB]
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 4 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Wide-ranging performances that encompass the entire gamut of Rachmaninov’s inexhaustible emotional palette [PL]
Manziarly: Chamber Works (BIS)
The troubling art of a pupil of Nadia Boulanger [JW]
Wonder Women (Erato)
Some surprises here. Strozzi’s works stand out, as does L’Arpeggiata’s playing [DJB]
Falla: El amor brujo (Forgotten Records)
Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]
Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) Teatro Sant’Angelo (Alpha Classics)
A nice mixture of arias by Vivaldi and his less well-known colleagues [JV]
Golinelli: Two Piano Sonatas (Dynamic)
Early Italian piano sonatas by a composer with a melodic gift and fine sense of drama [RCh]
Rosenberg: The Isle of Bliss (Phono Suecia)
(Déjà Review) Highly approachable music … any lover of late-romantic opera will feel at home [GF]
Mozart: Piano music (Nonesuch)
(Déjà Review) If you fancy wallowing in a well programmed, superbly recorded concert hall-style recital, you really will enjoy this [TH]
Elgar: Symphony No 1 (Decca)
Barenboim imposes his own conception upon this wonderful symphony [RMo]
Gordon: Mythologies and Mad Songs (Orchid Classics)
Challenging but absorbing contemporary music superbly performed [NB]
Holt: Canto Ostinato (Signum Classics)
A gentle introduction to a masterpiece [PRJ]
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