Déjà Reviews

Re-published reviews from the archive

Shostakovich WorksforCello Nimbus

Shostakovich: Complete Works for Cello (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) Wallfisch excels in Shostakovich’s complete cello works [LW]

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Tcherepnin: Piano Music (Toccata Classics)

(Déjà Review) Evocative, melodic, harmonically imaginative and immensely varied [Byz]

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Andrew Kennedy (tenor): Arias by Gluck, Mozart and Berlioz (Signum)

(Déjà Review) Andrew Kennedy does Berlioz proud [GF]

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Music for counter-tenor and recorder (Guild)

(Déjà Review) Singing and playing of the highest order [AMa]

Poulenc: Choral works (Signum Classics)

(Déjà Review) Nigel Short directs the impeccably prepared Tenebrae in beautiful accounts of this music [MC]

Rheinberger: Mass and Motets. Sacred Music IX (Carus)

(Déjà Review) Attractive performances, characterful and responsive [MC]

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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto & Sonata (RCA)

(Déjà Review) I know of no more dramatic and beautifully played account of the Concerto [MC]

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Suk: Asrael (Supraphon)

(Déjà Review) The best modern version [RB]

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Molino: Chamber Works for Flute, Violin & Guitar (cpo)

Effortlessly tuneful music in fine performances [BW]

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Rossini: Otello (Naxos)

If you are curious about Rossini’s version of Otello then you will not go far wrong with this Naxos recording [RH]

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French Cello Works (Centaur)

(Déjà Review) A potential Rostropovich in the making [SV]

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 & Schumann: Piano Quintet (Elatus)

(Déjà Review) Buy this for the Schumann Piano Quintet, which is very successful [GA]

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Field: Complete Piano Concertos (Brilliant Classics)

(Déjà Review) Enjoyable and unjustly neglected music in recommendable performances and recordings at a modest cost [BW]

Dohnányi: Orchestral Works (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Will give much pleasure [BBr]

Dorman: Four Concerti (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Beautiful, inventive, high-spirited music, a modern tribute to Baroque [OL]

Mirella Freni (soprano): Great Singers Live (BR Klassik)

(Déjà Review) I just couldn’t stop playing this disc which is not surprising given that Freni has one of the finest soprano voices I have ever heard [MC]

Carlos Kleiber – I am lost to the world (C Major)

(Déjà Review) This documentary raises more questions than answers [JW]

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Carissimi: Oratorios (Atma)

A splendid, atmospheric and technically precise and accurate collection of four of Carissimi’s lovely oratorios [MS]

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Leoncavallo: I Medici (Deutsche Grammophon)

An idiomatic, well focused and vigorous performance [JS]

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Casals Encores (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Performances with feeling that never degenerate into sentiment [GA]

HearOHeavns ChapelRoyalAnthems Nimbus

Hear, O Heav’ns: Chapel Royal Anthems (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) A most enjoyably and intelligently conceived disc [JW]

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Antheil: Carnegie Hall Concert of 1927 (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) A must-hear disc for anyone with any kind of passing interest in the development of 20th Century music [NB]

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Contemporary flute concertos (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Four contemporary flute works stunningly performed and recorded [WH]

Peter Mattei (baritone): Great Baritone Arias (BIS)

(Déjà Review) A glorious disc! [OL]