March 2026

Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Profil)

Another variant of Bruckner 3, as superbly played and in sound as naturalistic as could be hoped for [RMo]

Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol 3 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Performances that are light and fleet of finger and foot, instinctive and brilliant [Byz]

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (1823) (C Major)

(Déjà Review) A performance of real stature [ST]

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Il violone impertinente (NovAntiqua)

I would have liked to hear more, which is a compliment to the performers [JV]

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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)

If perfection exists in a recording of this greatest of Baroque solo instrument works, it is here [RMo]

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Falla: L’œuvre pour piano (Forgotten Records)

An intriguing historical recording of de Falla’s piano works [RMas]

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Bjarnason: The Grotesque & The Sublime (Sono Luminus)

New Music from Iceland will both chill you and burn you up [PH]

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J Wieniawski: Piano Works (Naxos)

Idiomatic virtuoso piano works from one of the more imaginative and successful Polish composers of the post-Chopin era [RCh]

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Bliss, Walford Davies & Bowen: Violin sonatas (EM Records)

Magnificent impassioned music-making in works of real and dazzling substance [RB]

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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nimbus)

One to lift the spirits [DC]

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Braunfels: Die Vögel (Arthaus Musik)

(Déjà Review) A superb recording that merits the highest praise [RC]

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Bach: The Art of Fugue (Divine Art)

(Déjà Review) At the right time and in the right mood you may find this irresistible [JS]

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Pejačević: Complete Symphonic Works (Audite)

This fine release enriches Dora Pejačević’s discography [EJW]

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Dowland: Songs, Ayres and Dances (Erato)

Dowland down the ages culled from the Erato stable, which includes Virgin and EMI [JW]

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Arise my love: Music for the Break of Day (Coro)

Music of renewal in a varied programme from this fine Oxford choir [WH]

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Albrici: Sacred Cantatas (cpo)

The Italians arrive at the Swedish court, bringing more than just music [PH]

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Bach: Goldberg Variations (Navona)

A new Goldberg arrangement for strings, hamstrung by slow tempos [DJB]