July 2026
Mozart: Complete Piano Trios (MDG)
Revel in these delightfully translucent performances [DC]
Parry: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Da Vinci Classics)
Parry’s hidden piano riches brought home [JF]
Widor: Piano Music (Danacord)
Wonderful piano works which ably demonstrate that Widor is no one-hit wonder [RCh]
Jack Brymer (clarinet): Clarinet Recitals (Nimbus)
A memorable pair of recitals by a master clarinettist with a fine duo partner [SB]
Lemba: Chamber Music, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
The second Lemba chamber music volume presents better compositional skill than the first [JW]
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces & Hymn of the Nations (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A most compelling disc [MC]
Weelkes: Ninth Service and Anthems (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Fruitful, grand and invigorating [JW]
The Minneapolis Concerts in the 1950s: Newly Discovered Recordings (Antal Doráti Society)
Doráti and the Minneapolis in live concerts with variable music-making but some energising rarities included [JW]
Sweet Chance: music for harp, flute & voice (Convivium Records)
An ingeniously constructed recital [DHa]
Kukal: Symphony 1; Teml: Labyrinth of Memory (Animal Music)
A pair of exciting orchestral works from the Czech Republic forming an interesting meditation on memory [ACG]
Prophecy: Tüür, Kõrvits & Vasks (Alpha Classics)
A very fine selection of recent works for a still undervalued instrument by important composers in excellent performances [HC]
Howells: Partsongs (SOMM)
Premiere recordings unveil Howells’s hidden catalogue [JF]
Žebeljan: The Horses of St Mark & Orchestral works (cpo)
cpo must be congratulated for once again finding another original voice [Byz]
Sibelius & Paganini: Violin concertos (Pristine Audio)
The fervour is unceasing and the music is charted with feverish intensity [JW]
Noskowski: String Quartets (Capriccio)
Rarely heard Polish String Quartets played with character and stylistic understanding [GH]
Nielsen: The Ultimate Solo Piano Collection (OUR Recordings)
Ultimate indeed, in more ways than one [DC]
Quiet Summer Evening: British Light Classics (SOMM Recordings)
Crafted British light music for today [JF]
Conversations à Trois: Trio Boccherini (BIS)
Scintillating performances of compelling music, especially the Cras [NB]
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Harmonia Mundi)
Some highs and some lows make this a not entirely successful performance [DJB]
Tcherepnin: Piano Music (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Evocative, melodic, harmonically imaginative and immensely varied [Byz]
Shostakovich: Complete Works for Cello (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Wallfisch excels in Shostakovich’s complete cello works [LW]
Pioneering Haydn On Record: Symphony 104 Part 1
by Christopher Howell
Music for counter-tenor and recorder (Guild)
(Déjà Review) Singing and playing of the highest order [AMa]
Andrew Kennedy (tenor): Arias by Gluck, Mozart and Berlioz (Signum)
(Déjà Review) Andrew Kennedy does Berlioz proud [GF]
