May 2025
Willaert: Missa Laudate Deum (Evil Penguin Classics)
The sixth volume of an impressive project [JV]
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Yo-Yo Ma’s return to Shostakovich has been worth the wait [DHa]
Elisabeth Plank (harp) Musings (Genuin)
This disc is intelligently programmed, delightfully played and in good sound [GPu]
Vivaldi: Arsilda (Naïve)
An important addition to Naïve’s ongoing series of the complete works of Vivaldi [MP]
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Opus Arte)
This newly filmed Royal Ballet performance becomes the first choice for Swan Lake [RMay]
Haydn: Die Schöpfung (BR Klassik)
An outstanding performance of Haydn’s life-enhancing oratorio [JQ]
Cançioneta: Works for Guitar (Navona)
Rarely heard Spanish guitar works from the mid-20th century, recorded in historically authentic sound [GF]
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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