Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Bach: Brandenburg Concerti (Avie)
(Déjà Review) All the benefits of period performance without the tears [BW]
Hildegard: Celestial Harmonie (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The sheer beauty and simplicity of the music can stand alone [GH]
Elgar: Symphony No 1, Organ Sonata (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A wonderful thing to have on your shelf or in your pocket [DC]
Glass: Music with Changing Parts, Parts 1 & 2 (Orange Mountain Music)
(Déjà Review) As close as Glass ever came to modern jazz and this performance is really quite profound [PG]
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2, Scherzi (Warner Classics)
A must-hear experience [CC]
Corigliano & Friedman: String Quartets (Naxos)
I urge lovers of the medium to be brave and sample this wonderful disc [DWa]
Brahms/Strauss/Bax: The Beecham Collection (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Another hard-to-resist entrant for the Beecham collector [JW]
Busoni: Violin Sonatas (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A disc full of enjoyable material executed with style [ED]
Bacevičius: Orchestral works (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Anyone remotely interested in 20th century Eastern European Music will make a wonderful discovery [DWa]
Bach: Cantatas (Accent)
(Déjà Review) If you are partial to the ‘one voice to a part’ experience, Kuijken’s approach has much to commend it [TB]
Russian Romantic Songs (Harmonia Mundi)
(Déjà Review) The programme is excellent, singing superb and the guitar playing complementary in accompaniment and entertaining in solo [ZT]
Gillian Weir (organ): On Stage at the Royal Festival Hall (Priory)
(Déjà Review) The sheer brilliance of Gillian Weir, above all, makes this an essential purchase [CB]
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano): Enchantment (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) An excellent collection of works that show off the talents of this amazing young singer [KM]
Das Partiturbuch: Instrumental Music of 17th Century Germany (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Played with flair, imagination and no little virtuosity [JW]
Wagner: Siegfried (Opus Arte)
This Siegfried definitely had me hooked from beginning to end [GF]
Roberto Alagna (tenor) French Opera Arias (Deutsche Grammophon)
Alagna brings to each aria his familiar intelligence and musicality [RH]
Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) An authenticity that makes you tingle [PCW]
Sibelius: Luonnotar and Orchestral Songs (Ondine)
(Déjà Review) This is a glorious disc that will delight lovers of Scandinavian song as well as Sibelians everywhere [RB]
Korngold: Captain Blood & other filmscores (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An object lesson in swashbuckling film music [SA]
Ben Heppner sings Scenes from Wagner’s Ring (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) This is a coup for Mr. Heppner, a disc deserving of any number of awards [KS]
Schubert: String Quintet, Symphony No.5 (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) One classic and one slight disappointment [JW]
Shostakovich & Prokofiev: String Quartets (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) How wonderful to see Nimbus demonstrating all its strengths in this superb issue [CC]
Mozart: Arie e Duetti (CBC)
(Déjà Review) An opportunity to hear a sensational new soprano and two very good male colleagues [GF]
Respighi: Violin Sonatas (Claves)
First recordings of two violin works by Respighi coupled with the great sonata all exquisitely played [PSh]
