October 2024

Honeck and his Pittsburgh players come up trumps in Bruckner 7 [MC]

Gubaidulina’s Triple Concerto and Rejoice! receive outstanding advocacy [LW]

Apart from the lack of any documentation, this is a most interesting release [JQ]

Two wonderful evocations of English pastoral and bucolic themes [JF]

Damgaard often achieves a wonderful calm in inspired interpretations [MG]

An absorbing study of an unjustly neglected body of recordings continues [JW]

A well-planned survey of classic South American music in remarkably fine 1950s recordings [NB]

(Déjà Review) Well-planned, varied and superbly played … pure joy from first to last [HC]

Splendid performances of entertaining duos by a neglected composer [JV]

A comprehensive recital: a lot of brilliant and heroic singing, and some subtle and lyrical [GF]

A qualified recommendation for a new recording of Lehár’s final operetta for Berlin [PT]

Blomstedt leads a distinguished Nielsen Fifth; the Brahms is less memorable [JQ]

Admirable reissues still hold their own [JW]

A splendid selection of songs by composers cut short before their time [JW]

An essential investment for all RVW enthusiasts [JF]

(Déjà Review) Wolf can attain depths of expression that seem to post-date his period [CC]

Another laudable composer emerges in the ‘Music in Exile’ series [JW]

A very welcome further installment in this significant historical Bruckner series [JQ]

Iverson achieves his aim of creating new and exciting, innovative music at the boundaries between classical and jazz styles [KT]

Convincing exploration of three rare, rewarding works [JF]

Acclaim for Mahler in Hamburg [PH]

Well-played, attractive but ultimately anonymous music [NB]

Superb, sensuous, subtle singing from a highly gifted British lyric baritone [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Lovers of the baroque flute and “Telemaniacs” will wish to investigate these well-played world premières [PCW]