February 2026
Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture
by Alan George
Pioneering Haydn On Record: Symphony 46
by Christopher Howell
Schnittke & Shostakovich: Viola Music (Ambroise)
(Déjà Review) Captures the essence of both works with understanding and communicating effectively to the listening audience [CR]
Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent job … sure to please the harshest of critics [RW]
Rossini: Adina (Naxos)
The ongoing Rossini Wildbad series acquires a new and exquisite addition to its ranks [MP]
Mahler: Symphony No 9 (IMP Classics)
Another demonstration of Morris’s overt emotional expression [RMo]
Bach: Piano music played by Edwin Fischer (Maestro Editions)
Historic live Bach from Edwin Fischer restored in fine sound [JW]
Feldman: Intermission 6 (Another Timbre)
A fascinating longform realisation of a Feldman piano piece. [DHa]
La Sirena 1530 (NovAntiqua)
Excellent performances of early specimens of the madrigal genre [JV]
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Pristine Audio)
A discographic first – Dan Godfrey’s 1925 recording of ‘A London Symphony’ [JW]
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (IMP Classics)
A thoroughly convincing account, full of warmth, character and emotion [RMo]
Bach: The First Cantata Year. Volume 8 (Hänssler Classic)
Rademann continues to achieve impressive results [MC]
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3, Isle of the Dead (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) If you want these performances, this disc proves a canny and inexpensive way to acquire them [JW]
Pierné: Piano Concerto, orchestral works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Very fine indeed, and a high-quality programme with no fillers necessary [DC]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 (LSO Live)
A consistently well-played and conscientious cycle that trades fire for fidelity [NB]
Beethoven: String Quartets 7 & 8 (BIS)
Beethoven at the limits, occasionally exhausting, but always compelling [DJB]
Vaughan Williams: Rise Heart (Albion Records)
An important disc for Vaughan Williams devotees [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (IMP Classics)
A magnificent recording with all the electricity of a live performance but none of the attendant flaws [RMo]
Post: String Quartet Nos 2-4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Post is not only inventive and technically capable, but also a superb communicator [Byz]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-18 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Hesitate not – this really is new Mozart [DC]
Mahler: Symphony No.10 (arr. Carpenter) (Delos)
Carpenter’s completion of the tenth – too much Carpenter and not enough Mahler? [RMo]
Janáček’s Sinfonietta: Nigel Simeone & Jiří Zahrádka (Boydell Press)
A fascinating and highly informative guide to one of Janáček’s most famous works [DHa]
Fritze: Overtures & Symphonies (Naxos)
Colourful works, brilliantly played and superbly recorded [GH]
Brahms & Gál: Piano quartets (Genuin)
Shadowed Brahms meets Gál’s lyrical wit [JF]
