Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suites (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Compact good value and pleasing musical sense [RB]
Strauss: Salome (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) I’ll be coming back to this again and again [ST]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 7 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Passion and searing, white hot, insight and intensity [BBr]
Scriabin: Piano Music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Stunning pianism and clever programming [GF]
Strauss: Elektra (Capriccio)
(Déjà Review) Varnay and Fischer are superb, alas in compromised sound [DH]
Sibelius: Symphonies 3 & 6, Stravinsky: Violin Concerto (Avie)
(Déjà Review) A wonderful testament to the talents of the Northern Sinfonia [CC]
Stanford: Symphony No 1, Clarinet Concerto (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A fitting culmination to the Naxos cycle of Stanford symphonies [JQ]
Rota: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Chandos)
The best non-mainstream works I have heard in a long while [DJB]
Shostakovich: Symphony 4 (BIS)
A great performance of a symphony among Shostakovich’s greatest [TB]
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Below par recording, uninspired playing [DM]
Roman: The Swedish Virtuoso (Proprius)
(Déjà Review) In every respect a superb disc [GF]
Mahler: Symphonies 4 & 8 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Incredible, intriguing, and worth a hearing [EML]
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Extremely rewarding … this disc puts itself firmly back in the front line [TH]
Martinů: Cello Concerti (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) For a disc of these works, this could hardly be bettered [LW]
Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) One of the most important issues of this anniversary year [JS]
Pizzetti: Concerto dell’estate (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A really good introduction to this neglected composer [BBr]
Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Preludes (Naxos)
Minor masterworks all-too-rarely performed [BR]
Caldara: Sonate a Violoncello solo col basso (Tactus)
(Déjà Review) A chance to enjoy some of Caldara’s rare instrumental music [GPu]
Haydn: Favourite Symphonies (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Partnership of conductor and orchestra at something like its best [JW]
Fasch: Orchestral Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Creativity and originality … first recordings of three works by Fasch [JV]
Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A fine recording of a remarkable and fascinating masterpiece from Handel’s years in Italy [GPu]
Ginastera: Complete String Quartets (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Jaw-dropping prowess revealing masterpieces of the quartet literature [NB]






































