July 2024
Brahms: The Piano Trios (La Dolce Volta)
Excellently conceived and performed piano trios [WK]
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 7 & 8 (SWR Classic)
Flawless performances of Bruckner’s two finest symphonies by a master Brucknerian, in excellent sound [RMo]
Tippett: Orchestral works (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Something special – treasurable and pleasurable, all in excellent sound [RB]
Sibelius: Tone Poems (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Vänskä is keeping up to the incredibly high standards he has set himself [TH]
H Koppel: Piano Works Vols 1-3 (Dacapo)
A great achievement, recommended for those who want something off the beaten track [GF]
Mahler: Symphony 3 (Sony Classical)
In many ways this is an admirable Mahler Third [JQ]
MWI reviewer Dan Morgan
An appreciation
Pina Carmirelli (violin) Concert Tours (Meloclassic)
A significant discographical addition [SG]
Andrea Belmonte (guitar) Latin Within (KHA Records)
The programme and musicality make this an appealing disc, despite some technical shortcomings [ZT]
Fritz Kreisler (violin/piano) American Portrait (Rhine Classics)
The piano rolls are real but the concert is not what it says on the tin [JW]
Rózsa: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Tadlow Music)
(Déjà Review) A winning performance of a colourful, exciting and atmospheric score [IL]
Rossini: La donna del lago (Opera Rara)
(Déjà Review) Sets the gold standard for recorded performances of this work [RJF]
Lloyd: The Works for Brass (Lyrita)
George Lloyd in bandsman mode in the latest volume of his ‘Signature Edition’ [JW]
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 (Profil)
A predictably fine performance of a rarer edition of this symphony [NB]
Lopes-Graça: Canções portuguesas (Naxos)
A pleasant mix of arrangements and original compositions – a lovely disc [HC]
Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano): Aigul (Decca)
By far the best mezzo-soprano to emerge for a generation [RMo]
Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (Yale University Press)
An invigorating shattering of myths, both long-held and recent, about this perennially beloved composer [NC]
Moór: Cello Sonatas, Suite for four cellos (Cello Classics)
(Déjà Review) With performances this ardent, we can wallow in the moment and relish the intensity of the music making [JW]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 , A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Decca)
(Déjà Review) A level of involvement I haven’t heard from Chailly in years [SV]
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Capriccio)
Three strikes and for me Herr Poschner is out … [RMo]
Foss: Symphony No 1, Renaissance Concerto (Naxos)
A very enjoyable and well-played survey of an under-represented composer although the sound is not ideal [NB]
Mozart: Mezzo Mozart (Aparté)
Marina Viotti makes this an album of great Mozart arias hard to resist. [MC]
Piers Lane (piano): Russian Variations (Hyperion)
A feast of Russian piano music served up with spectacular aplomb by Lane [RCh]
Scriabin: Symphony No 2 (Evil Penguin)
Scriabin from Brussels offers much to admire [RMay]
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