March 2025

These two works are ideal companions and Hirose is fervent in her brilliant playing of them [RCh]

A headless Shostakovich symphony makes for a dispiriting experience [DHa]

An entertaining conspectus of contemporary guitar music from the French capital, all well played and recorded [GPu]

Two German contemporaries and their very different approaches to the piano concerto [JW]

Nice music, good flutist, so-so strings [SV]

An interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing. [SA]

I enjoyed practically everything that this disc offered with the Dufay being the star [GH]

A late satiric opera by Antheil, splendidly realised, devoid of Bad Boy but not devoid of spice and wit [JW]

The perfect introduction to a composer who not only writes beautiful music but also tugs on the heartstrings [SA]

This budget priced album is a great introduction to the dances by many of the better-known British composers [KT]

This issue must now be the top recommendation for this classic historic performance [GF]

Boult’s stature as the leading Elgarian reaffirmed in spoken word and musical deed [NB]

This fine disc whets the appetite for further volumes on the centenary of Fauré’s death [LW]

(Déjà Review) Now we know what a minimalist symphony can be [HC]

(Déjà Review) No lover of song should be without this one [KS]

by Philip Harrison

by Alan George

by Alan George

by Alan George

by John Quinn

Lovely singing and playing, with a special role for the lyra viol [JV]

A deconstruction of traditional Jewish music via modern compositional techniques and perspectives, giving it new life [JFl]

Two affecting works by an African-American master [PRJ]

As fine a modern, live account of this most pictorial of ballets as you could wish [RMo]