May 2025

This ensemble’s debut could not have been any better [JV]

Adeptly done, but for organ devotees only [SV]

An absorbing, rewarding recital – another feather in the cap for Benjamin Appl [PT]

Performances from another era, in fine transfers, which can be enjoyed without apology [PSt]

A worthy symphony is paired with an enjoyably Romantic suite [RMay]

Plácido Domingo‘s formidable reading of the title role, and excellent singing by others [GF]

(Déjà Review) Harnoncourt captures all the drama, humor and elegance with which these scores are rife [KS]

(Déjà Review) Recordings that do the greatest of service to Mathias’s music [CC]

A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]

Diverting but not definitive [SW]

A delectable addition to the repertoire of music for mandolin [CRo]

Discover more about a woman described as Germany’s first great female composer [GH]

Inventive and evocative late Romantic piano music rescued from an obscurity that belies its one-time fame [RCh]

A very fine, deeply satisfying account of Brahms’ great masterpiece [JQ]

A certain stylistic sameness compromises the fine performances [NB]

(Déjà Review) A most enjoyable release to which I’m very happy to give an unreserved welcome [JQ]

Highly effective and inventive works, neatly expanding the repertoire for two pianists [RCh]

A memorable and historically important concert, faithfully captured in Pristine’s re-mastering of the 78s [GPJ]

A Vivaldi opera performed with sensitivity, warmth and charm [MP]

An excellent follow-up to these performers’ previous disc of orchestral anthems [JQ]

A thoroughly enjoyable, beautifully sung outing for this rarely heard version of Donizetti’s masterpiece [RMo]

Possibly the worst Bruckner Seventh I have ever heard [LD]

Some real highlights among the lesser-known Piazzolla selections [DJB]

Revelatory – hypnotic in the extreme, close to Scriabin in mystical mode [CC]