April 2026
Vaughan Williams, Debussy & Dvorak (Pristine Audio)
Godfrey, the precisian, refreshes in these spick and span transfers [RB]
Lang: geschrieben in wasser (Another Timbre)
Varied and compelling chamber works [DHa]
Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Warner Classics)
A very good introduction to the music of Elsa Barraine [JQ]
A Musical Soirée (Meridian)
A soirée well worth attending with something for just about everyone [JW]
Roslavets: Works for cello & piano (Naxos)
These works will be of further assistance in putting Roslavets’ music in the spotlight [RB]
Tinoco: Kokyuu (Artway)
Sensuous music which coils, uncoils and recoils in slow gyration [RB]
Schubert: Schwanengesang (Et’cetera)
One of the most thrilling young baritones around [GF]
Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)
An auspicious debut disc from Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO [JQ]
Dvořák: Cello Concerto (La Dolce Volta)
Good, sometimes exceptional; we can expect better in the future [SV]
Brambach: Complete Piano Quartets & Piano Sextet op. 5 (cpo)
A collection of chamber music deserving of its moment in the spotlight [DC]
Ye: The Backyard of the Village (Signum Classics)
An excellent introduction to the music of Xiaogang Ye [PRJ]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A dramatic and engaging performance [DBe]
If Music: Jakub Józef Orliński (Erato)
A recital that sets up tensions, fruitful and otherwise, between voice and piano [JW]
d’Indy: Orchestral Works Volume 4 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Sheer, unadulterated pleasure [DM]
Pioneering Haydn On Record: Symphony 8
by Christopher Howell
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
by Alan George
Inessa Galante: a retrospective of some of her recordings
by Ralph Moore
Spohr: Violin Concertante 1 & 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A fine and satisfying recording of music which, if hardly outstanding, has strong merits [JPJ]
Sainsbury & Wood: Violin Concertos (Dutton Epoch)
(Déjà Review) Two strong works written in captivating romantic idioms that while not identical have more in common than you might expect [RB]
Kahn and Others: Songs (Delphian)
The songs of Robert Kahn represent a major discovery [JQ]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Pristine Audio)
Despite its improved sound, except as a historic document this remains superfluous in the light of competitive recordings from Karajan himself [RMo]
Gruber: Orchestral Music (Capriccio)
Definitive performances of works by the Viennese iconoclast [PRJ]
Widor: Piano Music (Danacord)
Beyond the Toccata: Widor’s Piano Secrets [JF]
Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 (Pristine Audio)
Across the passage of time these recordings retain their pleasures and satisfactions [RB]
