May 2025
The less well-known operas of Richard Strauss
by Ralph Moore
Britten: String Quartet No. 3
by Alan George
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
by Alan George
Ives: Central Park in the Dark
by Alan George
An Inter-war Chronology of Opera
by Philip Harrison
Beethoven: String Quartets arranged for saxophones (Bright Shiny Things)
If ever you’ve wondered how Beethoven’s string quartets would sound played by saxophones [MZ]
Ravel: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Good performance of the Ravel concertos but the disc offers short measure [JQ]
Meyerbeer: Le prophète (LSO Live)
An excellent performance of an unjustly neglected opera [RMas]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Exton)
A disappointing Mahler Fifth from a great Mahler conductor [LD]
Miranda: Music for Piano and Orchestra (Naxos)
An enjoyable introduction to a clearly gifted composer [PRJ]
Music by Women Composers for cello and piano (Divine Art)
The music of many wonderful women composers played with devotion and joy [GH]
Granados: Goyescas and El Pelele (CPO)
A superb debut in these demanding but delightful works [SB}
Beethoven & Lentz: Violin Concertos (Pentatone)
Two violin concertos: Lentz’s is the USP, but Beethoven’s is the winner [ST]
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