April 2025
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Decca)
A tour de force from the leading dramatic soprano of the modern age [PH]
Barvinsky & Kosenko: Ukrainian Piano Concertos (Ars Produktion)
First recordings of two attractive Ukrainian piano concertos with a depressing history [EJW]
Bononcini: Cantate per Contralto con Violini (Challenge Classics)
A fine disc of cantatas by a relatively neglected composer [GPu]
Melita: Maltese Piano Music (Grand Piano)
Lovers of piano music are in for a treat with the many discoveries this disc affords [SA]
Shostakovich & Meyer: String Quartets (Genuin)
An original recital including a creative imagining of a sixteenth quartet by Shostakovich [DHa]
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Opera Rara)
Revelatory and thoroughly engrossing [DF]
Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol 4 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An extraordinarily rewarding series now celebrated in a fourth volume [RB]
JS Bach: French Suites (BIS)
(Déjà Review) The set should be highly rewarding to those who place top priority on gorgeous music [DS]
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