September 2026
Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial by Jury; Hession: A Matter of Misconduct! (Opus Arte)
A sparkling musical take on legal and governmental follies [RW]
Auber: Overtures vol.9 (Naxos)
More goodies in this valuably enlightening series [RMay]
Imogen Cooper (piano) Schubert & Beethoven (Nimbus Records)
Satisfying performances from a great pianist at the start of her career [WH]
British Concertante (Heritage)
Concertante miniatures with character and poise [JF]
Come to the River: An Early American Gathering (Avie)
(Déjà Review) A very enjoyable disc which can be played as a whole – repeatedly – with great pleasure [JS]
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas No.2-3 (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) Fresh and full of life, and will leave you wishing there was more [GA]
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin): American Tunes #1 (Alpha Classics)
Some wonderful music making, but not quite enough of it [PRJ]
Osborn: Tomb! (Delphian)
Four world premiere recordings of chamber works with plenty of personality, humor, intelligence and edge [ACG]
d’Albert: Piano Music 1 (Grand Piano)
A neglected Romantic voice revived [JF]
Durey: Mélodies (MDG)
A most welcome release shedding light on a little-known byway of French art song and its composer [HC]
Olsen: Orchestral Works (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Much in common with Grieg perhaps spliced with Saint-Saëns and even Bizet [RB]
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) The young Bulgarian bass Orlin Anastassov will surely grow into one of the great interpreters of Boris [RJF]
Portraits and Serenades (Pixaudio)
A delightfully eclectic programme of string music and song, beautifully played and united by a prevailingly elegiac mood [RMo]
Hingeston: Fantasy-Suites (cpo)
Hingeston is “something of an inside secret” [DC]
Franck: Symphony & Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (Audite)
A splendid double treat, with everyone at the top of their game [SGa]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Hänssler)
(Déjà Review) A marvellous reading overall, though with one curious and questionable characteristic [WH]
Weber: Overtures (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A very distinguished collection which avoids any hint of the routine [JS]
Hedges: Complete Piano Music, Vol 1 (Divine Art)
The beginning of what promises to be an important, recorded survey [MMl]
Lassus: Requiem (Ricercar)
Expert singing of de Lassus’ sinuous polyphonic writing in two contrasting funeral masses, but marred throughout by growling basses [RMo]
Prokofiev, Villa-Lobos & Poulenc (Fuga Libera)
Three delightful Neo-classical gems [DJB]
Stracchi: Shakespeare’s Mirror (Hunnia Records)
A gentle interweaving of Shakespeare and music [DC]
Chopin & Stravinsky: Piano Concertos (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) Mewton-Wood is a pianist who demands investigation, especially for one of the finest performances on disc of the Chopin [CH]
Venables: Chamber Music (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) This impressive disc deserves the widest possible exposure [DJ][RB]
Vaughan Williams: From Ursula, with Love (Albion Records)
An interesting but unremarkable collection [NB]
