May 2025

An interesting premiere recording of a ballet not seen for over a century [MP]

A thoroughly disappointing recording, poorly sung, indifferently conducted and afflicted by problems in the recorded balance [RMo]

(Déjà Review) A real success here, then, from all angles [CC]

Bellatti is a skilful guide through the Ligurian organ landscape [JV]

An enjoyable and stimulating album of recent church music [JQ]

Mostly unheard gems by less familiar composers of the Bel canto era [MP]

Much here is vivid and compelling, especially with Pristine’s enhanced sound, but for me de Sabata prevails [RMo]

Another great take on Elgar’s First from a top German orchestra and their outgoing chief [PH]

A disc of unexpected delights – delicious music played with wit and elegance [NB]

Music that should be better known and will reward the listener on every hearing [SA]

(Déjà Review) Bruckner would surely have been pleased with the passionate commitment shown here [TB]

An enterprising programme of premieres [LW]

A thoughtfully assembled set [EJW]

This is a thoroughly entertaining release, including a really excellent mix of Williamson’s chamber music [KT]

As satisfying an account of the youthful Puccini’s first success as one could wish to encounter [RMo]

A thought-provoking recording of Schumann and Liszt on an 1856 Erard [RMas]

A stimulating and interesting musical programme, superbly performed by the Monteverdi Choir [JQ]

Peter Moore has built on his astonishing debut and his world renown is well deserved [SA]

(Déjà Review) This recording has been absent from the catalogues for too long [JW]

A delicate, subtle, very Gallic account, beautifully engineered [RMo]

An uneven but promising start to a large-scale exhumation [SV]

A performance which captures the absolute essence of Verdi’s masterpiece in remarkably fine sound [PSt]

A fascinating collection of cross-cultural music [GPu]

A perfect blend of two great piano traditions from an unremembered master of the keyboard [PH]