July 2024

This second instalment confirms this will be a series well worth following as the Bruckner bicentenary year progresses [JQ]

Reconstructed concertos for oboe and oboe d’amore constitute a musical treat for lovers of Bach’s music [ZT]

John Wilson’s latest recording of string music is a winner [SB]

Highly attractive choral music in a conservative idiom, splendidly performed and recorded [WH]

(Déjà Review) An explosively dramatic and expressive piece given an exemplary performance – very highly recommended [AT]

(Déjà Review) These two Davrath discs remain the reference against which all other recordings are measured [RB]

This disc is the perfect way to get to know Aldrovandini [JV]

Pristine opens up a new depth of sound for these wartime classics [RMo]

by Christopher Howell

by John Quinn

A splendid debut commercial recording of a work that deserves to be better known than as just a historical curiosity [NC]

Modest piano pieces by a neglected but once influential musician [RCh]

Valuable additions to the Bustabo discography [SG]

(Déjà Review) Once again thanks to Hyperion for introducing us to this lovely, interesting and well-wrought music [JF]

(Déjà Review) And above all else, above even Baillie, you’ll have a double dose of Williams, a magnificent colossus of an Elijah [JW]

An interesting programme of unfamiliar pieces [JV]

A welcome chance to reassess Meyerbeer’s posthumous opera in a new critical edition [MP]

I will return to this recording with pleasure when I am in baritone mood [GF]

Highly enjoyable playing by two pioneers of American pianism [RCh]

A wonderfully intelligent, interesting programme, superbly performed [NB]

(Déjà Review) Intoxicating, sometimes quixotic, but always entertaining [JW]

(Déjà Review) America is fantastic, gorgeous, exciting and brilliant, fun, tuneful and moving [JF]

Fascinating repertoire stunningly performed [NB]

Attractively tuneful scores, little known but well worthy of revival [RMay]