January 2025

A programme full of attractive and highly imaginative music which is well worth getting to know [JQ]

Two important works, well performed under the baton of the composer [JF]

(Déjà Review) High excitement, earthy vitality and superbly recorded sound [MC]

A valuable re-release by any standards [DC]

Achieved is the glorious work: The Orlando Consort sign off from Machaut [PH]

Clean, crisp, immediate interpretations, very well restored and remastered [RMo]

Another testimony to Zelenka’s brilliance [JV]

A valuable collection of rarely heard scenes from Donizetti’s operas [GF]

A fitting tribute to a remarkable polymath [JF]

A disc which evokes a significant cultural phenomenon from Napoleonic France [GPu]

(Déjà Review) These are gorgeous performances and recordings of Delius favourites played unaffectedly yet con molto amore [RB]

Not necessarily so great an improvement over previous issues but wonderfully grand and energised [RMo]

If you are looking for harmony and easily accessible melodies this probably isn’t for you but it’s well played and full of emotion [KT]

These excellent performances offer a different perspective on Sweelinck’s vocal and keyboard works [JV]

An enjoyable excursion through Southern Spain across three hundred years [GH]

A new recording of Busoni’s operatic masterpiece which falls short of expectations in a number of aspects [PCG]

Original works for guitar, masterfully played [ZT]

This very well-produced collection will appeal to those who enjoy Lehár’s operettas [EJW]

(Déjà Review) A very good disc, which nicely rounds off a most stimulating mini-series [JQ]

This is a disc to savour through repeated hearings [SA]

The Schumann is excellent; the Taneyev can be skipped (SV)

A pioneering version still has appealing elements despite the appearance of many later rivals [PCG]

An enchanting musical journey towards the Orient involving familiar and brand new music [KT]

Dynamically small-scale but vocally very attractive readings, sensitively nuanced [GF]