September 2024
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto, Sonata for Cello, Sonata for Cello and Piano (BIS)
Useful programme, fine execution [RWe]
Adolf Busch: Orchestral Works Volume 1 (Toccata Classics)
More valuable premiere recordings [JW]
Taneyev: Violin Sonata, Piano Quintet (Naxos)
A stunning quintet balanced by a forgettable sonata, both superbly performed [NB]
Langlais: Organ Music Vol. 2 (Brilliant Classics)
Performances that capture the spirit of the music as well as any [SG]
Liszt: Piano Sonata, Études de concert (Hänssler Classic)
Brilliant Liszt performances breathe new life into great staples of the repertoire [RBe]
Gerhard: Don Quixote, Alegrías, Pedrelliana (Chandos)
Attractive music, well presented [SB]
Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book II (Erato)
(Déjà Review) The set deserves the strongest recommendation, unless one prefers the piano [BW]
Addison: Film Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) One of the very best of Chandos’s British film music series [IL]
Richard Galliano (accordion): Around Gershwin (Pentatone)
This imaginative and varied programme proves emphatically that Richard Galliano still sits safely on his throne as the King of the Accordion [GF]
Haydn: 16 Early Keyboard Sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)
Consummate understanding of what makes these early works tick [DMD]
Lortzing: Overtures, Concert Pieces, Ballet Music (cpo)
A well-filled introduction to the world of a skillful, once-popular composer [GH]
Loughlin: Piano and Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
A Liverpudlian composer’s musical and geographical wanderings [JW]
Johannes Obermeier (piano): Brilliants (Genuin)
A début that very much lives up to its name [RCh]
Pitfield: String Chamber Music (Divine Art)
Warm and understanding performances [WK]
Erica Morini (violin): Vol 3, Beethoven (Doremi)
(Déjà Review) Long may this worthy retrieval continue [JW]
Weill: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Add this one to your collection soon [KS]
Berl Senofsky (violin): American Virtuoso (Rhine Classics)
Strong, masculine playing from Berl Senofsky – along with some less than stellar performances [JW]
Strohl: Orchestral Music (La Boîte à Pépites)
What a discovery these ravishing, mystical scores are! [DMD]
Heinichen & Telemann: Early Cantatas (cpo)
Ideal performances of cantatas from early 18th-century Germany [JV]
Santoro: Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 (Naxos)
An absorbing fusion of Nationalism and contemporary influences, impressively performed [NB]
Pejačević & Röntgen-Maier: Piano trios (Da Vinci Classics)
Two very fine and underappreciated trios in outstanding performances [DJB]
Koechlin: The Jungle Book (RCA)
A most welcome reissue for an essential recording of Koechlin’s complete Jungle Book settings [PCG]
Verdi: Don Carlo (Orfeo)
Not only die-hard Verdians but all serious opera lovers should give it a try [GF]
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa (Hyperion)
The singing is radiant, warm and luminous with the individual winding strands of voices clear and concise [EML]
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