Author: Stan Szpakowicz

A fitting celebration of the Year of Czech Music and the silver jubilee of LSO Live [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Wand’s devotion plays itself out in these elegant performances [KS]

A most welcome addition to the catalogue [PCG]

Something special: the subject, the music it illustrates, and the performance [JV]

Once again, I find myself questioning the validity and purpose of such arrangements [RMo]

Fascinating companion pieces to a stunning opera [PRJ]

Three works by unfamiliar composers, with much to commend them [DJB]

An evergreen Beethoven Concerto with delightful encores as a bonus [RMas]

George Szell’s Smetana in live American performances [JW]

(Déjà Review) Entices me to seek out more music by this fine and unjustly neglected composer [KS]

Performance that are as sparkling as they are wise [DMD]

A valuable contribution to the recorded legacy of British music [JF]

The driven artistry of a tragically short-lived French pianist and sensitive collaborator [JW]

An ear-opening disc [JQ]

Impressive testimony to Vecchi’s brilliance as a composer of madrigals [JV]

A beautiful, subtle, yet fully effective portrait of grief [MBu]

An attractive programme, very well sung, with several rarities [GF]

(Déjà Review) Marshev is a capably sympathetic advocate for these neglected romantics [RB]

Frederick Grinke’s recordings restored for a new generation – and high time too [JW]

A worthy addition to BIS’s monumental Aho edition [RHa]

The playing and recording is impactful; this is an easy disc to enjoy [JW]

A refreshing dose of new music in that much-loved English tradition [DC]

An engaging and varied recital of Lecuona’s colourful piano music [RCh]

Crawford plays splendidly but spotlighting him disadvantages the orchestra [MG]