August 2024
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum – 2023 Festival (Danacord)
Uniformly excellent performance of a wide range of pianistic rarities [JF] [JF]
Love to my Liking (Bright Shiny Things)
Colourful performances of 13th century songs and dances performed with enthusiasm and delight [GH]
Born by the Thames. Stephen Dodgson: A Centenary Celebration (de la Porte Publishing)
An excellent celebration of the life and music of a composer only now coming into his own [WH]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Pristine Audio)
This second instalment of Knappertsbusch’s 1956 Ring is very acceptable [SB]
Osgood: Chamber Works (Convivium Records)
A wondrous document, worth repeated playing [SA]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Much to admire here [TD]
Clementi: Early Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Thoroughly engaging performances of works that are as musically rewarding as they are historically important [GPu]
Schubert: Moments musicaux, Drei Klavierstücke (Danacord)
Absorbing and moving performances [JF]
Dodgson: Mirage – Piano music (Somm Recordings)
Challenging yet rewarding music, fine performance and recording [WH]
Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations (Reference Recordings)
Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’s Piano Quartet in a very well recorded, lovely performance, and two surprises [EJW]
20th Century Foxtrots Vol 6: Southern Europe (Grand Piano)
Delights all round on this Mediterranean exploration [RCh]
Zádor: Piano Quintet, Accordion Concerto & other works (Naxos)
Elegant and distinctive music by an overlooked original [NC]
Bruckner: Symphony No 6 (Profil)
(Déjà Review) If you are looking for mid-price Bruckner 6 in modern sound, look no further [PCW]
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 (Dutton)
(Déjà Review) A most enjoyable helping of Bowen’s late-romanticism [RB]
Beethoven: The Final Sonatas (Signum Classics)
A mixed cycle of these masterpieces on modern piano by Melvyn Tan [KC]
Druschetzky: Oboe Quartets Vol 2 (cpo)
Well-constructed Classical chamber music, but mostly run-of-the-mill [SFV]
Enescu: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Romanian Rhapsodies Nos 1 & 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Finely wrought performances, played with complete authority [SG]
Kodály, Dohnányi & Novák: Organ Works (Naxos)
Wonderful playing and recording of some fairly modest music – with one notable exception [NB]
Wagner: Siegfried (Profil)
Superlative singing whose impact is somewhat compromised by the disappointingly cavernous mono sound [RMo]
Ariosti: The Stockholm Sonatas II (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Highly attractive [DC]
J S Bach: Organ Works Vol 8 (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) Those who like big-sounding Bach will enjoy it more than those who expect a lighter touch [BW]
Williams: Reimagined (Warner Classics)
For chamber music lovers and admirers of John Williams alike, this should be fascinating [GF]
Stravinsky: Orchestral works (SWR Classic)
Middle and late-period Stravinsky, performed with life-affirming zest [NC]
Bacevičius: Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Naxos)
Find out more about a little-known but significant figure in Lithuanian twentieth-century music [GH]
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