October 2026
Mayer: String Quartets Vol 2 (cpo)
Rewarding quartets in the early Romantic idiom [SB]
Kleiberg: Orchestral Works (LAWO Classics)
An excellent orchestral colourist in three serious, contemplative works. [ACG]
Couperin: Pièces de violes avec la basse chiffrée (Challenge Classics)
Excellent in every way [DC]
Britten: Albert Herring (Pristine Audio)
An enjoyable trip back in time to the American premiere [MP]
Mozart: Gran Partita; Cannabich: Sinfonia concertante (BR Klassik)
Admirers of the Gran Partita should not hesitate to hear Gleißner’s outstanding orchestral arrangement [MC]
Foote: The Complete Cello Works (Delos)
A forgotten concerto headlines this very enjoyable and valuable recording [DJB]
Glière: The Orchestral Collection (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Done with Chandos style … elite results … voluptuously lyrical and vividly imagined [RB]
Donizetti: Marino Faliero (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A rare outing for this fine score receives a good performance [JZ]
Haydn: String Quartets (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Authentic, and very easy to recommend [DC]
Delius: Collection of Rare Historic Recordings (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) Dedicated Delians will need to get this disc of rarities [RB]
Brahms & Mandyczewski: Songs (Alpha Classics)
Mandyczewski’s songs are worth discovering, but Brahms’s have been performed better [ST]
Presumed Beethoven (Arcana)
Six delightful quartets, but who was their composer? [DC]
Toward the Sea: Piazolla, Ogonek & Takemitsu (Orchid Classics)
Some melodious, highly approachable music, and some more wispily amorphous, all beautifully played and recorded [RMo]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances (Pentatone)
Undeniable masterworks, though there are superior recordings [MC]
Handel: Messiah (Harmonia Mundi)
A splendid new recording in an already crowded field [SW]
Clare College Choir: Reaching Farther (Signum Classics)
A fine musical celebration of Clare College’s 700th anniversary [JQ]
Gounod: Faust (Pristine Audio)
A notable document preserving the epitome of French style in sound remarkable for a recording nearly a century old [RMo]
Enescu: Octet & Piano Quintet (Chandos)
I was bowled over by this one [SB]
Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A desirable disc that will attract many listeners [MC]
Casella: Symphony 3 & Elegia eroica (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Probably the strongest and most symphonic symphony written by an Italian [CH]
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3 (Sony Classics)
Malgoire’s second recording of the two famous Handel suites in period style has worn remarkably well [RMo]
Carwithen: Film Music (Dutton Epoch)
(Déjà Review) Some really fine cinema music here high on sumptuous 1950s confidence [RB]
Farrenc: Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 (Grand Piano)
Farrenc’s later piano works in the fifth volume of this excellent survey [RCh]
Bach & Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) Sympathetic, legato-conscious performances [JW]
