May 2025
The Fortea Project (Op Cit)
An enjoyable recording, the key virtue of which is historical interest [ZT]
Fritz Kreisler plays Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)
A special release that should be on the shelf of all violinists and violin-fanciers [RMas]
G Schumann: Ruth (cpo)
An outstanding release of a major oratorio of late German Romanticism ripe for rediscovery [PH]
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonies 1 and 2 (Naxos)
Another fine addition to this series showcasing the stylistic range of the composer [NB]
Samson François (piano): Concert Tours 1956-62 (Meloclassic)
François in fine form in these often fiery performances [RCh]
Addison, Cannon and Chagrin: Piano Concertos (Lyrita)
All these works are well worth an outing; they are splendid performances, well recorded [BSt]
Rossini: La pietra del paragone (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A multitude of thanks are due to Naxos for this, proof positive that there is infinite joy to be gleaned from Rossinian by-roads [CC]
Kuula & Madetoja: Finnish Songs (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) This fascinating conjunction of nostalgia and forward thinking provides us with some beautifully evocative mood music [AO]
À Tre – 18th Century Cello Trios (Da Vinci Classics)
This ensemble’s debut could not have been any better [JV]
Franck: Symphony and other symphonic organ works (Hyperion)
Adeptly done, but for organ devotees only [SV]
Benjamin Appl (baritone): Lines of Life (Alpha Classics)
An absorbing, rewarding recital – another feather in the cap for Benjamin Appl [PT]
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Performances from another era, in fine transfers, which can be enjoyed without apology [PSt]
Andrée: Symphony No.1, Fritiof-Svit (cpo)
A worthy symphony is paired with an enjoyably Romantic suite [RMay]
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Orfeo)
Plácido Domingo‘s formidable reading of the title role, and excellent singing by others [GF]
Haydn: Symphonies No.30, 53, 69 (Apex)
(Déjà Review) Harnoncourt captures all the drama, humor and elegance with which these scores are rife [KS]
Mathias: Ave Rex, Elegy for a Prince, This Worlde’s Joie (Lyrita)
(Déjà Review) Recordings that do the greatest of service to Mathias’s music [CC]
R Strauss: Salome (Chandos)
A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]
Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Fryderyk Chopin Institute)
Diverting but not definitive [SW]
Capponi: 6 Sonatas for Mandolin and Basso Continuo (cpo)
A delectable addition to the repertoire of music for mandolin [CRo]
Le Beau: Chamber Music and Songs (Oehms Classics)
Discover more about a woman described as Germany’s first great female composer [GH]
Niemann: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Toccata Classics)
Inventive and evocative late Romantic piano music rescued from an obscurity that belies its one-time fame [RCh]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A very fine, deeply satisfying account of Brahms’ great masterpiece [JQ]
An English Pastoral (SOMM Recordings)
A certain stylistic sameness compromises the fine performances [NB]
Victoria: Second Vespers of the Feast of the Annunciation (Delphian)
(Déjà Review) A most enjoyable release to which I’m very happy to give an unreserved welcome [JQ]
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