March 2025

This pleasant setting may interest choirs looking for a new(ish) work [EJW]

Sonic and structural explorations from a leading Mexican composer [JW]

(Déjà Review) All lovers of the bel canto genre will want to add this well-packaged and presented performance to their collection [RJF]

(Déjà Review) A splendid release that is self-commending [HC]

Another recording proves Bacewicz to be a major talent [PRJ]

A new way of looking at this mystifying manuscript, in scholarly yet virtuoso performances [GH]

A scintillating album of orchestral music drawn from 21st century opera [DHa]

Utopia, dreams, rituals: the essence of Tippett in his final opera [PH]

Treasured documents and valuable additions to the Martzy discography [SG]

An unusual programme played with skill and panache [NB]

(Déjà Review) Unlikely to be superseded any time soon [CB]

(Déjà Review) A very musical and enjoyable rendition [ZT]

A fine account on period cellos in excellent sound, beautifully played if without quite the character of David Watkin’s version [RMo]

New meat for cello fans [DC]

Brilliant playing and glorious late Romantic music – a happy mix [RCh]

An unusual New Year Concert presents fine music in not quite top drawer performances [NB]

A beautiful warm timbre but too relaxed and urbane compared with more energised accounts [RMo]

The three piano sonatas of this bold Russian Futurist together on one disc [SB]

(Déjà Review) I have never heard textures with such cloud-like softness and insubstantiality [GPJ]

(Déjà Review) The Violin Concerto gets the emotionally involved reading and lush sonorities it seems to call for [VM]

by Patrick Waller

Two praiseworthy performances under Haitink [MC]

Dallapiccola’s unfamiliar masterpiece is a highlight: rarely was the cliché “something for everyone” more apt [RHa]

An original, accessible approach to the Requiem Mass [JQ]