June 2025

Askenase captured in exceptional form in all these performances [RCh]

An excellent panorama of the first years of electrical recording with first-rate transfers and presentation [PSt]

(Déjà Review) Music that is reasonably challenging but will more than compensate with repeated hearings [MC]

(Déjà Review) Filled to the brim with a wide range of brass music [TPr]

Music that reflects both the bleakness but increasing vitality of Kalabis’s works for string ensemble [JW]

Excellent playing, but the concept is debatable [JV]

High quality performances of well-known and less familiar Sibelius. [DHa]

An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]

Treasures from the guitar repertory masterfully played [ZT]

These reconstructions of works surviving only in fragments from the Eton choirbook are gorgeous and dazzling [SB]

(Déjà Review) Committed playing from Menuhin’s Indian Summer, excellently partnered by son Jeremy [GF]

(Déjà Review) Another unearthed gem, sensitively performed and beautifully recorded [DBl]

A fine addition to Semyon Bychkov’s Mahler cycle [JQ]

A fine account of Schubert’s Ninth, and five orchestrated songs as a bonus [LW]

A rare misfire in Decca’s hugely impressive opera back-catalogue [LD]

A deeply satisfying programme of recent orchestral music [WH]

A mix of popular and little-known works, which is a joy from beginning to end [MC]

Enjoyable romantic miniatures though the playing in the more spirited numbers lack gusto [RCh]

A work of staggering scale and substance superbly recorded [RB]

An excellent all-round recording [EML]

A varied, satisfying portrait of a very fine pianist [RWe]

A generous selection of Shostakovich’s copious but uneven production of film music [SB]

Mozart’s final, transcendent symphony framed with an interesting pair of complementary works [PH]

A very fine recording that gives one the best chance to reconsider The Kingdom’s virtues [NB]