March 2026
Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]
Alexander Gibson (conductor): Opening the Doors (Warner)
Celebrating a Centenary so auld acquaintance should ne’er be forgot [PH]
Kullak: Piano Works (Naxos)
Winning performances of music from a mostly forgotten but undeniably inventive composer [RCh]
Brambach: Complete Piano Quartets & Piano Sextet (cpo)
Brambach receives his first recordings with these well-crafted works [DJB]
Verdi: La traviata (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An excellent bargain which competes with the very best versions on record [DBe]
Toldra, Casals & Montsalvatge: Music for String Orchestra (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) An original and completely unhackneyed collection of Catalan music for string orchestra [RB]
Grinholc: Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Acte Préalable)
A modern, melodic ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ in a commemorative recording at the 600th anniversary of Ełk [EJW]
Schuback: Brockes-Passion (cpo)
A major discovery, which deserves to be treated on equal footing with the better-known versions of Telemann and Handel [JV]
Richard Strauss: Electra (Chandos)
An orchestrally fine Elektra, but the singing is not up to scratch [ST]
Charles Munch (conductor) A Treasury of French Music (West Hill Radio Archives)
There’s something here even for those with an extensive collection of Munch’s recordings [JW]
Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
A fascinating, marvellously presented anthology [JQ]
Tippett: Ritual Dances & Sosostris’s Aria (Nimbus)
The first and brilliant fruit of Nimbus’s joint project with the 84 year old composer [RB]
Donizetti: Roberto Devereux (Dynamic)
A fine production of one Donizetti’s strongest operas [RWe]
Lasso, Agostini: Lagrime di San Pietro (Alpha Classics)
A welcome addition to Passiontide discography and testimony to the art of the late Denis Raisin Dadre [JV]
Dring: Through the Centuries: Songs (Chandos)
A most enjoyable excursion into Dring’s style performed with aplomb and passion [GH]
Verdi: La traviata (ICA Classics)
(Déjà Review) An enormously subtle creation enshrined for posterity [RMo]
Tcherepnin: The Symphonies and Piano Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating and sometimes very engaging insight into the unfamiliar world of Alexander Tcherepnin [RB]
Kuhnau: Complete Sacred Works (CPO)
If you are keen on period vocal music and J.S. Bach’s cantatas then you should certainly consider acquiring this set [DC]
Strauss: Four Last Songs (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A magnificent souvenir of perhaps the greatest Strauss soprano ever [RMo]
Pierre Monteux in Boston (West Hill Archives)
(Déjà Review) Authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred [JW]
Orchestral Suites from Russian Operas (Guild)
Fills in the discographic gaps with lovely repertoire [SV]


































