March 2026
L’entropia (Glossa)
A demonstration of the stylus phantasticus at its very best [JV]
Dual Attractor (ABC Classics)
A very fine programme of new pieces by a wide-ranging group of living composers [DC]
Johann Strauss II: Waldmeister (cpo)
An enthusiastic cast is featured in the first recording of Strauss’s final operetta [MP]
R Strauss: Salome, Elektra (Pristine Audio)
Two iconic Met recordings newly revitalised in Ambient Stereo, something of a bargain [RMo]
Dvořák: Symphonies No.7-9; Janáček: Taras Bulba (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)
Performances from the 1980s full of febrile personality [JW]
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 1 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) I can hardly wait for the next instalment [GF]
Gregson: Concertos Volume 3 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Splendid works in excellent performances and superb recording [HC]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’ (BIS)
Suzuki finds Lobgesang as hard a nut to crack as those who have tried before him [DJB]
Kashperova: Piano Concerto, Symphony in B (Capriccio)
A truly unjustly neglected composer, who deserves much greater attention [EJW]
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (ATMA Classique)
Broad and relaxed, clearly articulated but without the contrasting fire and anguish of the best version [RMo]
Koessler: Symphony in B, Concerto for Violin (cpo)
More Romantic discoveries from a little-remembered German [JW]
Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
Effortlessly impressive performances typify another fine Albion release [NB]
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest recordings of these Mahler songs by today’s leading interpreter of these works [KM]
Grainger: Complete Piano Music (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) What a splendid undertaking [JW]
Lechner: Of Death and Resurrection (Coviello)
A recording of Lechner’s music is very welcome, but the performance practice is debatable [JV]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde & Vaughan Willams: Fantasia (Pristine Audio)
The frequent coughing and only intermittently satisfactory soloists make this a bit of a trial [RMo]
Franco Corelli (tenor): The Alternative Repertoire (Urania Records)
A marvellous reminder of one of the best voices on record [DJa]
Chopin: 4 Ballades & Scherzo (Deutsche Grammophon)
Electrifying pianism from a poetic genius of the instrument [PH]
Martucci: (Da Vinci Classics)
A mixed bag, but the Quintet has definite merits [DJB]
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (C Major)
Some good singing in this bel canto gem; pity about the pathetic set and non-production [RJF]
Chopin: Piano Works (SOMM)
An outstanding recital [RBe]
Dvořák: String Quartets Volume 5 (cpo)
Fine readings – almost, but not quite, the genuine article [SV]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (LSO Live)
A serviceable Pathétique, but not a great one [ST]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Elgar: Falstaff (Harmonia Mundi)
Very good performances of an unexpected coupling [JQ]
