Author: Stan Szpakowicz

A fleet yet sonorous and profound account of these masterworks, played without repeats and delightfully absorbing [RMo]

Attractive performances whose strength is in the happy times and finding consolation in still facing the unhappy [MG]

A splendidly eclectic church music mainly from the past two centuries [JF]

A worthwhile supplement to more conventional productions [RMay]

Sparkling and exuberant playing makes the most of these three Viennese concerti [RCh]

(Déjà Review) Chiu’s playing is interesting and sensitive … the most obvious choice for a single disc of Mendelssohn’s sonatas [PCW]

(Déjà Review) My first meeting with Müller and I hope it won’t be my last … music which is animated, warm and intriguing [JW]

This legendary work turns out to be more a curiosity than a masterpiece [SB]

Played with sincerity, but the competition is fierce [MC]

This fine, imaginative album will entertain and enlighten [JQ]

Parry’s Wagnerian dilemmas encountered in this premiere recording [JW]

An interesting pair of early operas with roots in the African-American musical tradition [GF]

This highly-praised Royal Ballet production intrigues and delights [RMay]

(Déjà Review) Three remarkable and previously unrecorded American Symphonies from a composer more noted for his vocal music [PSh]

(Déjà Review) Not just for anoraks, this is a marvellous introduction to Puccini [CF]

A delightful collection [SB]

The intimate guitar at its best [ZT]

A stylish, entertaining conclusion to John Neschling’s excellent Respighi series [JQ]

Thought-provoking juxtaposition of light and shade, of joy and horror, so valuable in the world of today [GF]

(Déjà Review) Spiritual engagement of the profoundest kind [JW]

(Déjà Review) The sort of disc which makes reviewing ‘peripheral’ repertoire a joy [RB]

A fine contribution to the Rachmaninoff 150 celebrations [JQ]

Werner Herbers’s swansong with his Ebony Band: more previously unrecorded Weimar delights [JW]

Hummel’s music doesn’t aim for profundity, but its elegance, grace and intelligence are well-served in this reissue [GPu]