August 2024

Uniformly excellent performance of a wide range of pianistic rarities [JF] [JF]

Colourful performances of 13th century songs and dances performed with enthusiasm and delight [GH]

An excellent celebration of the life and music of a composer only now coming into his own [WH]

This second instalment of Knappertsbusch’s 1956 Ring is very acceptable [SB]

A wondrous document, worth repeated playing [SA]

(Déjà Review) Much to admire here [TD]

(Déjà Review) Thoroughly engaging performances of works that are as musically rewarding as they are historically important [GPu]

Absorbing and moving performances [JF]

Challenging yet rewarding music, fine performance and recording [WH]

Schoenberg’s orchestration of Brahms’s Piano Quartet in a very well recorded, lovely performance, and two surprises [EJW]

Delights all round on this Mediterranean exploration [RCh]

Elegant and distinctive music by an overlooked original [NC]

(Déjà Review) If you are looking for mid-price Bruckner 6 in modern sound, look no further [PCW]

(Déjà Review) A most enjoyable helping of Bowen’s late-romanticism [RB]

A mixed cycle of these masterpieces on modern piano by Melvyn Tan [KC]

Well-constructed Classical chamber music, but mostly run-of-the-mill [SFV]

Finely wrought performances, played with complete authority [SG]

Wonderful playing and recording of some fairly modest music – with one notable exception [NB]

Superlative singing whose impact is somewhat compromised by the disappointingly cavernous mono sound [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Highly attractive [DC]

(Déjà Review) Those who like big-sounding Bach will enjoy it more than those who expect a lighter touch [BW]

For chamber music lovers and admirers of John Williams alike, this should be fascinating [GF]

Middle and late-period Stravinsky, performed with life-affirming zest [NC]

Find out more about a little-known but significant figure in Lithuanian twentieth-century music [GH]