November 2025
Kats-Chernin: Ancient Letters (ABC Classic)
A whirlwind of imaginative works by one of Australia’s most popular composers [PRJ]
Aïda Lahlou (piano): Mirrors and Echoes (Resonus Classics)
Unfamiliar gems in familiar company [JF]
Glass: Complete Piano Etudes (InFiné)
Straight to the top of the list for the complete set [DJB]
Tchaikovsky: Overtures (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings)
Munich delivers a new ballet choreographed to old scores [RMay]
Stenhammar: Piano Concertos No 1 & 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Two leonine concertos of the Scandinavian romantic persuasion [RB]
Verdi: Requiem (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Turn to this with confidence [ST]
Wagenseil: Symphonies Vol 2 (cpo)
Sprightly and well thought out music played with some brilliance [BBr]
Verdi: La forza del destino (Naxos)
A great Callas performance in a wonderful Verdi opera [PBW]
JS Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (Berlin Classics)
Very good, but is there more goodness to be extracted from Bach’s BWV1080? [DC]
Locatelli: 6 introduttioni teatrali (Naïve)
An attractive programme of music by Locatelli [GPu]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (LPO)
A special performance of a special piece. [DHa]
Ireland: Piano works (Resonus)
From pagan rites to pastoral reveries, Ireland at his best [JF]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 3 & 23 (Vox)
Excellent Beethoven from the Archives [RMas]
Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Château de Versailles)
A misconceived performance of a great Purcell ode [JW]
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Doppelgänger (Sony)
A peculiar but wonderful release that showcases Kaufmann’s developing and deepening insights into the art of Lieder [ST]
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas (Et’cetera)
An excellent new version of Prokofiev’s much-recorded sonatas [SB]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor [JQ]
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1 & 6 (LPO)
(Déjà Review) A revelatory First, and a fine Sixth too [BR]
Szymanowski: The Complete Music for Violin and Piano (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A natural and inspired choice for this repertoire [RB]
Stevenson: Recitative and Air
by Alan George
Muffat: Concertos (Channel Classics)
(Déjà Review) An eloquent and passionate plea for Muffat’s splendid music [JV]
Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 and 22 (EMI Classics)
(Déjà Review) Thoughtful and transcendent playing. A winner on all counts [KS]
Bowen: Music for organ, viola, violin and harp (Dutton)
Four musicians explore York Bowen’s more recherché compositions in some style [JW]
16th century music for convents (Lucky Music)
Eavesdrop into an unfamiliar corner of religious music making during the Renaissance [DC]
