October 2024

Bliss: Works for Brass Band (Chandos)

This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]

Handel: Total Eclipse (SOMM Recordings)

The best of Handel in instrumental arrangements [JV]

Kralik von Meyrswalden: Chamber Works (Hänssler Classic)

A better second impression of the Trio but the Nonet is the star here [DJB]

Lloyd: The Piano Works (Lyrita)

George Lloyd’s piano works grouped together and reissued in a ‘Signature Edition’ twofer [JW]

Mozart: String Quartet & Quintet (Aeon)

The coupling might seem offbeat, but this is exemplary Mozart playing, well worth hearing [DBa]

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano): Origins, Armenian piano music (Naïve)

A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) This performance is forever recommended, especially in this transfer [CC]

Broadstock: Symphonies Nos 1-5 (Et’cetera)

(Déjà Review) This set represents a magnificent, vividly living and very emotional achievement which I urge you to hear [RB]