Déjà Reviews

Re-published reviews from the archive

Beethoven: Fidelio (Decca)

(Déjà Review) This Fidelio will surely be one of the most important releases of 2011 [JQ]

Dale & Bowen: Piano Works (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Add this to your British piano collection without reservation [JW]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No 8, 17 & 23 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Outstanding performances of three favourite minor-key Beethoven sonatas [WH]

Elgar: Piano Quintet & String Quartet (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Striking performances of these late masterpieces [JF]

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Bartók: Piano Concertos 1-3 (Elatus)

Peerless performances, alert, alive, astounding [DM]

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Czerny: Sonatas for Solo Piano Vol 3 (Nimbus)

A superb addition to Martin Jones’s marvellous one-man attempt to record everything unjustly neglected [Byz]

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Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Decca)

(Déjà Review) Life-enhancing fun, and breathtakingly and movingly beautiful [DC]

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Bridge: Piano Music – Volume 3 (SOMM Recordings)

(Déjà Review) A worthy part of what is a major, important project in British recorded music [JF][RB]

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Schmid: Chamber Music (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Perhaps Schmid is due a revival for its melodic fluency and formal coherency, if slightly lacking in invention and adventure. Worth a listen though [GD]

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Telemann: Matthäus Passion (Christophorus)

(Déjà Review) A creditable, persuasive yet less than perfect recording of Telemann’s 1730 Matthew Passion [MS]

Beach: Piano Works Vol. 3 (Guild)

(Déjà Review) One of the very best piano recordings I’ve heard [DM]

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Challenge Classics)

(Déjà Review) A stunningly vivid live recording of what must have been an electrifying evening at the Concertgebouw [DC]

Ries: Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas, Vol 5 (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) The finest possible tribute to Ries’s piano sonatas [Byz]

Grieg: Violin Sonatas (Dynamic)

(Déjà Review) It is hard to imagine a performance that Grieg himself would have liked more than this one [Byz]

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Mahler: Symphony 8 (Naxos)

A mandatory purchase for anyone interested in superb Mahler and even better sound [DM]

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Reichenauer: Concertos (Supraphon)

Baroque enthusiasts will love this: was Reichenauer the Vivaldi of Prague? [BR]

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Somm Recordings)

(Déjà Review) Schoenberg’s arrangements present this music in a new light, and these performances are very successful [GA]

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Romantic Violin Concertos (Coviello Classics)

(Déjà Review) Quite a discovery [MC]

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Constantin Silvestri (conductor): A Bournemouth Love Affair (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) Heartfelt exuberance, sensitivity and quicksilver fleetness [NB]

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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) A disc with that rare “Wow!” factor [JQ]

Mahler: Symphony No.3 (Tudor)

(Déjà Review) You have been warned [DM]

Martin: Der Sturm (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Magically re-imagined and brought to harvest [RB]

Weelkes: Ninth Service and Anthems (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) Fruitful, grand and invigorating [JW]

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces & Hymn of the Nations (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A most compelling disc [MC]