Author: Laurence Slater
Kurtág: Fin de Partie (BMC)
The unmissable first recording of Kurtág’s masterpiece [DHa]
Mist on the Moors: The Piano Music of Reginald Redman (Heritage)
Honeybourne unveils Redman’s long‑lost landscapes [JF]
Greenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 6 (Salisbury Records)
An enormously rewarding piano sonata, slightly stymied by an unhelpful written component [PRJ]
Jaëll: Chamber Music (La Boîte à Pépites)
A disc which does the music of Marie Jaëll a signal service [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Chandos)
A highly competent reading which lacks ferocity and excitement at key moments [RMo]
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Artistic insight, poignancy and exciting performance values [RB]
Buxtehude: Vocal Works Vol 4 (Challenge)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding … full of rich, sonorous and decidedly beautiful choral music [MS]
Feldman: Intermission 6 (Another Timbre)
A fascinating longform realisation of a Feldman piano piece. [DHa]
Edwin Fischer (piano) Lausanne CO Concerts (Maestro Editions)
Historic live Bach from Edwin Fischer restored in fine sound [JW]
Mahler: Symphony No 9 (IMP Classics)
Another demonstration of Morris’s overt emotional expression [RMo]
Rossini: Adina (Naxos)
The ongoing Rossini Wildbad series acquires a new and exquisite addition to its ranks [MP]
Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent job … sure to please the harshest of critics [RW]
Schnittke & Shostakovich: Viola Music (Ambroise)
(Déjà Review) Captures the essence of both works with understanding and communicating effectively to the listening audience [CR]
Mahler: Symphony 10 (SilverOak)
A weighty, expansive account, emotionally demonstrative and totally committed [RMo]
Mozart: Mass in C minor (AliaVox)
An intriguing new performing version of Mozart’s great unfinished Mass [MP]
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 6-8 (Alpha)
Giorgi Gigashvili delivers impressive accounts of Prokofiev’s challenging “War Sonata” trilogy [RC]
M Galilei: Lute Music (Solaire Records)
Will this turn you on to the subtleties of late-Renaissance lute music? [DC]
Schubert & Brahms: Piano Trios (Biddulph Recordings)
Classic performances from Myra Hess and friends [RMas]
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Music (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Magnificent performances, stunningly recorded [JQ] Certainly one to go for [RB]
Mozart & Brahms: Violin Concertos (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Eye-opening and bargain-priced accounts of considerable interest [RMay]
Music for Woodwind Orchestra (Divine Art)
Music and performances that bubble like good Bohemian Sekt [NB]
Mendelssohn & Enescu: Octets (Erato)
Two highly contrasting Octets in superb performances [JQ]
Chromatic Renaissance (Winter & Winter)
A fascinating disc which deserves a place in any collection of Renaissance music [JV]
Strauss: Intermezzo (Naxos)
A strikingly effective, imaginative production of Strauss’s rarely seen bourgeois comedy opera [EJW]
