Author: Stan Szpakowicz

Performances with technical agility and remarkable interpretative skills [JF]

Accordion meets chamber orchestra in colourful, zestful performances [JW]

The considerable talent of Mel Bonis showcased in a well-planned and well-executed survey [NB]

Impressive live performances by a singer of surprising vocal endurance but they don’t stand up against the best [RMo]

Beautifully performed and recorded Latvian choral songs, influenced by folk music [EJW]

(Déjà Review) An outstanding issue in all regards [TB]

Great music, wonderfully played, in perfect recording [GPJ]

Seasoned collectors will derive much pleasure from this unusual arrangement [GF]

Sacred music and performance of impressive quality [JV]

Beautifully textured playing in these three atmospheric collections [RCh]

A first video release of a rare Schreker opera deserves a heartfelt welcome [PCG]

A most welcome survey of Peter Cabus’s piano music, finely performed and recorded [HC]

(Déjà Review) Kovacevich’s technique is never in question, but the performances are somewhat mannered and un-spontaneous [SF]

Some good things here, but as a whole this is not competitive [SB]

A highly interesting collection of rare baroque arias [GF]

The best case for Brahms’s song cycle [DF]

An intriguing programme with much to enjoy even if it does not quite add up [DMD]

Over an hour of distressing singing sabotages this song selection [JW]

In all respects, a worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Rachmaninov [JQ]

(Déjà Review) A refreshing antidote to all those unimaginative festive compilations [DM]

(Déjà Review) A performance to love and to cherish [SV]

An enthusiastic welcome for a newly edited score of Ravel’s balletic masterpiece [PCG]

A release well worth revisiting a decade later [SG]

Impressive rediscovery of much beautiful but unfamiliar music by a familiar composer [NB]