Author: Laurence Slater

Colourful and richly imaginative piano works in this worthy third volume [RCh]

A brilliant, revelatory release which enhances our understanding of Messiaen [DHa]

Capuçon is ponderous in Sibelius but well attuned to Barber [LW]

No masterwork but an interesting find reawakened after two centuries [GF]

A great version of one of Prokofiev’s finest works from the LSO and Noseda [PH]

A superb tribute to the late composer [MBu]

Sargent’s charisma shows these scores in their best light [NB]

Treasures a plenty in this fabulously explorative and enjoyable release [RCh]

(Déjà Review) A modern counterpart to the ‘orchestral lollipops’ discs we all used to love, and is equally enjoyable on those terms [TH]

(Déjà Review) An fascinating recital themed around the first harpsichord to arrive in Australia [RH]

The Respighi is a delightful discovery, but I’m less convinced by the others [DJB]

Maurice Greene’s accomplished, perceptive early English oratorio on disc at last, in an excellent performance [JW]

Pioneering versions of this controversial Swedish composer [SB]

A tribute to Malcolm Binns with his complete recordings for World Record Club [PH]

A decent Brahms quintet, a first-class St. Anne [SV]

One for the growing shortlist of the best recordings of the two sonatas [RWe]

(Déjà Review) A gem of a disc [DS]

(Déjà Review) Leonskaja is an artist of the front rank and her interpretations have their own validity and abundant strengths [TB]

A stunning compendium of Adès’ music for the stage in a self-recommending release [PH]

An exquisitely played and intelligently assembled bouquet for Ravel [PH]

Chants from over a thousand years ago in an atmospheric, enriching performance [GH]

An engaging previously unreleased all-Bartók concert from Doráti in Paris [DHa]

Refined and focused playing, seductively performed [SG]

Havergal Brian’s Agamemnon on disc prefaced, as he’d suggested, by the Twelfth Symphony [JW]