Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Lumbye: Orchestral Music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Joins my select list of music for cheering up [BW]
Elgar: The Kingdom (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) Elder and the Hallé offer the pre-eminent digital account of Elgar’s last oratorio [JQ]
Beethoven & Brahms: Symphonies (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding Beethoven Seventh, but the rest of the programme is very mixed [WH]
Blake: Chamber Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Blake’s accessible music never fails to impress with its invention and generous melody [IL]
Alfano: Violin Sonata, Piano Quintet (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) This is late-romantic music that sings with its face looking into radiance [RB]
Bartók: Violin & Viola Concertos (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A disc of superb value in playing time terms as well as anything else [NB]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Hyperion)
Captivating, mesmerising, and life-enhancing [DC]
Ball: Works for Cello (Musical Concepts)
(Déjà Review) Music designed to please then – mission accomplished [RB]
CPE Bach: The Hamburg Symphonies (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) If you do not know these extraordinary works then this as good a place as any to start [GH]
Brian: Symphonies 11 and 15 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) It’s very good [BBr]
Dvořák, Mendelssohn & E Hartmann: Wind Serenades (MDG)
(Déjà Review) A programme of thoroughly enjoyable music [JS]
That’s Entertainment (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Fans of those spectacular MGM musicals shouldn’t hesitate [IL]
Yun Kyong Kim (organ): Of Another Time (MSR Classics)
(Déjà Review) A programme lovingly compiled and played, excellently recorded [JS]
Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) Solo Recordings Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A disc to cherish, a truly glorious experience [SA]
Maria Forsström (contralto) Kaleidoscope (Musica Rediviva)
A varied and fascinating and superbly executed disc [GF]
Pärt: The Music for Organ (Nimbus)
Bowyer gives yet more virtually irreproachable performances [Byz]
Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Echoes of Time (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Batiashvili’s playing is highly refined and gorgeous [MC]
The Italian Intermezzo (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Magical, uninhibited heart-on-sleeve performances delivered in the very best Chandos sound [IL]
Schnittke: Discoveries (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Five different works from throughout Schnittke’s career performed with vigour and insight by committed musicians [MS]
Witt: Orchestral Music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The Naxos tradition of bringing the obscure to light has paid off in this recording [JPJ]
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas 2 & 3 (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) Fresh and full of life, and will leave you wishing there was more [GA]
Come to the River: An Early American Gathering (Avie)
(Déjà Review) A very enjoyable disc which can be played as a whole – repeatedly – with great pleasure [JS]
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) The young Bulgarian bass Orlin Anastassov will surely grow into one of the great interpreters of Boris [RJF]
Olsen: Orchestral Works (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Much in common with Grieg perhaps spliced with Saint-Saëns and even Bizet [RB]
