April 2025

One for the growing shortlist of the best recordings of the two sonatas [RWe]

A decent Brahms quintet, a first-class St. Anne [SV]

A tribute to Malcolm Binns with his complete recordings for World Record Club [PH]

Pioneering versions of this controversial Swedish composer [SB]

Maurice Greene’s accomplished, perceptive early English oratorio on disc at last, in an excellent performance [JW]

The Respighi is a delightful discovery, but I’m less convinced by the others [DJB]

(Déjà Review) Leonskaja is an artist of the front rank and her interpretations have their own validity and abundant strengths [TB]

(Déjà Review) A gem of a disc [DS]

Telemann as a master of counterpoint [JV]

An absorbing and enterprising programme, impeccably performed by a stellar partnership [RMo]

The best Tosca released in the past half-century [GF]

Compellingly truthful performances of a triptych of Shostakovich symphonies [AG]

An engaging album of mostly unfamiliar music, well played and recorded [GPu]

New symphonies from the 1950s, live in Minneapolis in Doráti-led performances [JW]

(Déjà Review) A good place to start if you do not know Rameau’s fascinating operas [RH]

(Déjà Review) Works of the most eloquent melodic and lyric faculty superbly presented [RB]

Winning performances [LW]

Much to admire but this is not a performance to challenge the leading recommendations [JQ]

A heartfelt portrait of a nation in vivid pianistic colours [PH]

Gunar Letzbor is an enthusiastic advocate of Aumann’s music [JV]

Rare solo violin works given a fine outing here [JW]

Some attractive miniatures amongst Martucci’s largely unrecorded piano music [RCh]

(Déjà Review) The enjoyment of lovely music in lovely performances [TH]

(Déjà Review) A superbly performed release of wonderful music that deserves to be heard [MC]