March 2025
Osgood: Stabat Mater (Convivium)
This pleasant setting may interest choirs looking for a new(ish) work [EJW]
Coral: Aurora Borealis (Tempus Clasico)
Sonic and structural explorations from a leading Mexican composer [JW]
Donizetti: Francesca di Foix (Opera Rara)
(Déjà Review) All lovers of the bel canto genre will want to add this well-packaged and presented performance to their collection [RJF]
Bartók: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A splendid release that is self-commending [HC]
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (cpo)
Another recording proves Bacewicz to be a major talent [PRJ]
Faenza. An imaginary Codex (Challenge Classics)
A new way of looking at this mystifying manuscript, in scholarly yet virtuoso performances [GH]
Beyond (Orchid Classics)
A scintillating album of orchestral music drawn from 21st century opera [DHa]
Tippett: New Year (NMC)
Utopia, dreams, rituals: the essence of Tippett in his final opera [PH]
Johanna Martzy (violin): Live Concert Performances (Meloclassic)
Treasured documents and valuable additions to the Martzy discography [SG]
Respighi, Loevendie, Enescu: String Octets (Challenge Classics)
An unusual programme played with skill and panache [NB]
Brahms: Forte ma dolce (Hortus)
(Déjà Review) Unlikely to be superseded any time soon [CB]
Bach: Cello Suites (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A very musical and enjoyable rendition [ZT]
Bach: The Six Cello Suites (Reference Recordings)
A fine account on period cellos in excellent sound, beautifully played if without quite the character of David Watkin’s version [RMo]
Habanera – Music For Eight Cellos and Voice (SOMM Recordings)
New meat for cello fans [DC]
Grosz: Piano Music Vol. 1 (Grand Piano)
Brilliant playing and glorious late Romantic music – a happy mix [RCh]
Gershwin, Montsalvatge, Bernstein & Campo: New Year’s Concert (Fuga Libera)
An unusual New Year Concert presents fine music in not quite top drawer performances [NB]
Smetana: String Quartets No 1 & 2 (Evil Penguin Classic)
A beautiful warm timbre but too relaxed and urbane compared with more energised accounts [RMo]
Protopopov: Piano Sonatas 1-3 (TRPTK)
The three piano sonatas of this bold Russian Futurist together on one disc [SB]
Debussy: La Mer & Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) I have never heard textures with such cloud-like softness and insubstantiality [GPJ]
Berg: Violin Concertos (Elatus)
(Déjà Review) The Violin Concerto gets the emotionally involved reading and lush sonorities it seems to call for [VM]
Judith Bailey – an obituary
by Patrick Waller
Dvořák: Symphony 7, Scherzo capriccioso (BR Klassik)
Two praiseworthy performances under Haitink [MC]
War Silence – Rare Italian Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Dallapiccola’s unfamiliar masterpiece is a highlight: rarely was the cliché “something for everyone” more apt [RHa]
Beck: Requiem (Acis)
An original, accessible approach to the Requiem Mass [JQ]
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