Déjà Reviews

Re-published reviews from the archive

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Some of the finest performances of Haydn sonatas I have heard [MC]

Liszt: Liszt Abroad (Signum Classics)

(Déjà Review) Should be heard by every lover of songs [GF]

Gouvy: Symphony No 3 & 5 (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Symphonies in an idiom between Bizet, Beethoven & Mendelssohn [RB]

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Fauré:  Piano Quintets (Naxos)

Magical, enchanting works in alluring performances [IL]

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Handel: Alexander’s Feast & Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (Carus)

Very good reasons to add this set to your collection [JS]

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Two Guitars Volume 2 (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Refinement and beauty … technical sophistication and musical taste [NB]

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Elgar: Violin Concerto (Avie)

(Déjà Review) I’d say that Graffin loves the concerto very much and that comes through [JQ]

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Barber: Orchestral Music (Classics for Pleasure)

(Déjà Review) Is Samuel Barber the most inexplicably underrated composer of the 20th century? [GPJ]

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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust & La Mort de Cléopatre (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Made doubly tempting by Baker’s wonderful Cléopâtre [RH]

Bach: Violin Concerti (Hyperion Helios)

(Déjà Review) Eminently sane performances, well recorded, at a very reasonable price [BW]

Bartholomée: Requiem (Cyprès)

(Déjà Review) A splendid performance and recording of a thought-provoking Requiem [HC]

Bériot: Solo Violin Music, Vol 1 (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Exceptional violin playing reviving a major work of the solo violin repertoire [NB]

Brahms: The Symphonies 1-4 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) An important set of the Brahms symphonies [JQ]

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JL Adams: the place we began (Cold Blue)

As hypnotic as it is different [CC]

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JS Bach: Latin Church Music Vol 1 (Challenge Classics)

Kindled an instant love [JFL]

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Brendel plays Mozart in Vienna (Alto)

(Déjà Review) A splendid reminder of early Brendel, still sounding very well [BW]

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Pabst, Rimsky-Korsakov and Scriabin: Piano Concertos (Danacord)

(Déjà Review) Simply splendid [EML]

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Saxophone Concertos played by Nobuya Sugawa (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A very fine release with much to enjoy here [HC]

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North Italian Baroque Violin Concertos (Avie)

(Déjà Review) Buy the CD or the download, but get this recording somehow [BW]

M Herbert: Songs (Linn)

(Déjà Review) One of my major musical discoveries of the year [JF]

Haydn: Six Keyboard Works (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) A valuable perspective on some fine, still underrated, music [GPu]

Ireland: Orchestral Works (Hallé)

(Déjà Review) Wilson and the Hallé on splendid form [MC]

Mahler: Symphony No 6 (London Philharmonic Orchestra)

(Déjà Review) A splendid testimony to the Tennstedt/LPO partnership at its peak [JQ]

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Stokowski conducts Falla (Pristine Audio)

(Déjà Review) Of great interest to enthusiasts of Stokowski, Kapell and de Falla. [RB]