October 2025
Rosa Ponselle: Songs and Arias (Naxos Great Singers)
(Déjà Review) We must be grateful for the opportunity to hear this great soprano [ABo]
The Jazz Album (Classics for Pleasure)
(Déjà Review) An enjoyable album of jazz-influenced music, London Sinfonietta on good form [GPu]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Music (Somm)
A potpourri of largely unrecorded Coleridge-Taylor [JW]
Prokofiev: The Gambler (Unitel Edition)
Prokofiev’s masterly opera about greed and desperation is presented in brilliant performances and a fine if somewhat controversial production [RC]
Choir of St John’s Cambridge: O Holy Night (Signum)
A most enjoyable Christmas programme, superbly performed [JQ]
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]
Gouvy: Chamber Music (Farao Classics)
An album of valuable Théodore Gouvy wind chamber works [MC]
Ippolitov-Ivanov: String Quartet No.1
by Alan George
Victor Schiøler (piano): The Great Danish Pianist Volume 7 (Danacord)
Rare and previously unpublished material enliven another Schiøler release from Danacord [JW]
Vidimus Gloriam Eius (Hymnus)
A joyous traditional Christmas service, beautifully sung [RMo]
Wagner: Parsifal (Marston)
The Holy Grail available complete at last: The 1938 Met Parsifal [PH]
Robert Bennett & Duke: Violin Concerti (Chandos)
Unfamiliar music presented with skill, authority and conviction [NB]
Kaufmann: Orchestral works (MDG)
My admiration for Kaufmann’s music continues to grow [DJB]
Unaccompanied: Paganini, Bartók, Skalkottas, Ysaÿe (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) An encounter with excellence [JW]
19th Century French Music for Winds (MSR Classics)
(Déjà Review) Character, energy and great ensemble playing [SP]
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (Brilliant Classics)
An attractive viola concerto with an unusual coupling [SB]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 5 & 9 (LSO Live)
The notorious Barbican acoustic has been noticeably tamed in this compelling disc of two iconic symphonies in superb performances [EJW]
Schreker: Die Gezeichneten, Korngold: Sinfonietta & Krenek: Potpourri (BIS)
An excellent survey, skilfully played and in fine sound [NB]
Kanitz: Chamber Works (Chandos)
A Viennese composer in America – the ARC Ensemble restores another overlooked figure [JW]
Passages – French Cello Music (Bridge)
Dubin’s playing is outstanding, which makes the short runtime even more regrettable [DJB]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2008 (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) An excellent CD for all enthusiasts of romantic piano music [JF]
Heinrich Koll (viola): The Art of the Viola (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Fluent and elegant, and very pleasing [JW]
Stanford: Symphonies 3 & 6 (Naxos)
This fine disc is an excellent introduction to Stanford’s symphonies [JQ]
Schoenberg, Webern & Berg Works for string quartet (Phoenix Edition)
This might be your Second Viennese School CD of the year [JFL]
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