May 2025
Dualities: Arrangements for piano duo (Divine Art)
Highly effective and inventive works, neatly expanding the repertoire for two pianists [RCh]
Shostakovich: Symphony 8
A memorable and historically important concert, faithfully captured in Pristine’s re-mastering of the 78s [GPJ]
Vivaldi: La fida ninfa (cpo)
A Vivaldi opera performed with sensitivity, warmth and charm [MP]
Orchestral Anthems (Delphian)
An excellent follow-up to these performers’ previous disc of orchestral anthems [JQ]
Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor (Naxos)
A thoroughly enjoyable, beautifully sung outing for this rarely heard version of Donizetti’s masterpiece [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 7 (Capriccio)
Possibly the worst Bruckner Seventh I have ever heard [LD]
Cello Tango (Aparté)
Some real highlights among the lesser-known Piazzolla selections [DJB]
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 (BIS)
Revelatory – hypnotic in the extreme, close to Scriabin in mystical mode [CC]
Sohal: String Quartets (Toccata Classics)
Sohal_StringQuartets_ToccataClassics [DHa]
Schubert: Voyage (Berlin Classics)
Two brilliant performers, one very strange disc – Schubert transformed or transmogrified? [GPJ]
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Orfeo)
Hardly a Pagliacci to stir the blood; there is much better to be had in terms of both singing and sound [RMo]
Henry VIII On Tour: Music from Tudor Royal Progresses (Delphian)
An entertaining hour with a wide range of Tudor music in strong, committed performances [GH]
Santoro: Complete Piano Sonatas (Naxos)
A telling survey of Santoro’s musical progress over half a century [HC]
Film Fantasia: Emily Sun (ABC Classics)
The Oscar goes to Elena Kats-Chernin’s attractive and entertaining new concerto [NB]
Lusitano: Liber Primus Epigramatum (Pan Classics)
A winning combination of historical interest and high quality of music and performance [JV]
Debussy’s Corner (Cyprès)
(Déjà Review) A well planned, superbly played programme that is a pure joy from start to finish [HC]
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
by Alan George
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet
by Alan George
Franck: Piano Quintet
by Alan George
Fagerlund: Chamber and Orchestral Works (BIS)
Yet another superb addition to Fagerlund’s discography and a must for any follower of this composer [HC]
Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Warner Classics)
Wonderful Bach from Beatrice Rana accompanied by some highly skilled, like-minded, Dutch string players [PH]
Rorem: Choral Works (Resonus)
Highly accomplished performances of music that is polished and refined [JQ]
Stjernebru: Nordic choral music (2L Records)
Had enough of contemporary Nordic choral music? Well, think again… [DC]
Stone, Salt & Sky: Duos for violin and cello (Delphian)
Very well played, adventurously programmed and well recorded [GPu]
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