Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Rameau: A Basket of Wild Strawberries (Ondine)
Early music buffs will probably run miles to avoid such a disc, but they will be missing a treat [DC]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Overtures & Suites (BIS)
An appealing and highly recommendable issue [TB]
Mozart: Concertos for 1, 2 and 3 Pianos (CBC)
(Déjà Review) The Mozart Anniversary year will bring many reissues and new releases but this will surely be regarded as a highlight [DRD]
Persichetti: Music for Wind Band (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A fine all-round anthology of Persichetti band works [WK]
Grieg: Music for String Orchestra (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A veritable smorgasbord of simply scrumptious music! [GPJ]
20th Century British Masters Vol 2 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest choral discs to have come my way for some time [JQ]
Donizetti: Songs (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A simply gorgeous selection of songs [CC]
Dvořák: Cello Concerto (ArtistLed)
(Déjà Review) Finckel gives one of the finest accounts of the Dvořák Cello Concerto ever recorded [MC]
Bartók: Piano Sonatas (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) It is difficult to imagine a better introduction to the piano music of Bartók than this splendid disc [CC]
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A phenomenal conception [CH]
The Art of the Vienna Horn (Naxos)
The recital as a whole is so obviously enjoyable and totally recommendable [WH]
English Song Album (Dutton)
This is a fascinating disc, and includes some wonderful performances [EM]
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (Oehms Classics)
Schmid brings youth, enterprise and occasional idiosyncrasy to these sonatas [JW]
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G and other works (Hyperion)
Strongly committed accounts of both familiar and less familiar Vaughan Williams [CT]
Rossini: Otello (Opera Rara)
(Déjà Review) A natural aural ambience tells in its favour as does the liveliness and vibrancy of the chorus [RJF]
Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A valuable and involving musical experience that far outreaches the purely musicological [CC]
Howells: Choral Music (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding survey of part of Howells’ enormous contribution to the music of the English church [JQ]
Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concerti (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) For Menuhin aficionados these long-unavailable recordings will be self-recommending [CH]
Alwyn: Piano Concerto No 1 & 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Peter Donohoe positively laps up the considerable challenges thrown at him [TH]
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (Apex)
(Déjà Review) A very fine live recording which is up there with the best [GF]
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Testament)
Keilberth ends Götterdammerung splendidly but that’s not enough – the world does not sound as though it is collapsing [DH]
Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli (Erato)
Authoritative, intelligent and entirely successful performances [JW]
Vivaldi: Heroes – Opera Arias (Erato)
A very impressive recital of some of Vivaldi’s finest opera arias [JV]
Box of Delights: Light English Music (Lyrita)
Banish humdrum days with this delightful collection [JW]
