July 2024
Hanson: Organ Concerto (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An attractive disc which fills some useful gaps in the Hanson discography [JQ]
Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Naïve)
(Déjà Review) Certainly a Haydn recital like you’ve never heard before [ED]
Tartini: Lieto ti prendo e poi (Da Vinci Classics)
These performances bring us very close to the heart of Tartini’s musical thinking and feeling [JV]
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
A welcome addition to Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series, containing three widely contrasting works [EJW]
Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie (Pentatone)
A gripping performance of a macabre, strangely compelling work [RMo]
Fuchs: Orchestral works Vol. 2 (Chandos)
Fuchs writes music we need to hear in these difficult times [PRJ]
From Shadows to Light. Works for violin & piano (Claudio)
An attractive recital spanning a century of composition [JW]
Glass: Music with Changing Parts (Orange Mountain Music)
(Déjà Review) As close as Glass ever came to modern jazz and this performance is really quite profound [PG]
Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Lyrita)
(Déjà Review) Rarely, rarely comes an opportunity like this [SHa]
Brahms: String Quintets (BIS)
Highly accomplished playing of two seminal Brahms chamber works in excellent sound [RMo]
Kaprálová: Completed Orchestral Works (cpo)
A good, but not outstanding, collection of Kaprálová’s orchestral music [JW]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Pristine Audio)
This is a rewarding set, and fans of the singers, in particular, will be pleased [SB]
Brouwer: Rhapsodies (Naxos)
A many faceted and thrilling disc of works by a distinctly individual composer – and all the works are first-time commercial recordings [GF]
Beach: Piano Music (Hortus)
Fichet fully conveys the heart and intensity of these seductive scores [SG]
Ohana: Orchestral Works (Timpani)
(Déjà Review) Refined and viscerally communicative music – the best possible introduction to Ohana’s idiosyncratic sound world [HC]
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Arthaus Musik)
(Déjà Review) Mackerras conducts with love and understanding. The pacing is ideal, and the music’s lyrical intensity is experienced at every stage [TB]
Stanfordian Thoughts 27. A Recitation that was and a Ballet that wasn’t
by Christopher Howell
Galilei: Lute Suites (Acis)
Little-known early baroque lute music played with distinction and style [GH]
Boult and the BBC Symphony – The Pre-war Recordings Vol. 2 (Pristine Audio)
A sequence of overtures demonstrates the versatility and virtuosity of Boult’s pre-war BBC Symphony [JW]
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 2 & 24 Caprices (Rhine Classics)
An exciting discovery [SG]
A Chronicle of First Performances in UK Regions 1893-2000
by Alastair Mitchell and Alan Poulton
By Women: Piano works by Armenian women composers (AGBU)
Arzruni introduces us to a world of powerful, delightful and thoroughly musical compositions [SA]
Verdi: Il trovatore (High Definition Tape Transfers)
A legendary classic from the early 1950s is resurrected in revelatory high definition sound [GF]
An Interview with author Simon Morrison
by Néstor Castiglione
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