Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Beethoven: Fidelio (Profil)
Defying its sixty-six years the sound quality of Keilberth’s Fidelio is certainly remarkable for its age [MC]
Debussy: Piano Music Vol 5 (BIS)
The final disc of a wonderful cycle [CH]
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (Harmonia Mundi)
(Déjà Review) Further enhances Paul Lewis’s reputation as a leading Beethoven interpreter [JQ]
Farrenc: Nonet & Brahms: Serenade No. 1 (Centaur)
(Déjà Review) Buy it for the curiosity of the “Brahms Nonet”; stay for the warmth and wit of Louise Farrenc [BR]
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 3 and 9 (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) This stunning Onyx release can compete with the very best [MC]
Bach: Keyboard Works (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A truly valuable and life enhancing collection [DC]
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]
Bartók: Piano Concertos 1-3 (Elatus)
Peerless performances, alert, alive, astounding [DM]
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]
Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Life-enhancing fun, and breathtakingly and movingly beautiful [DC]
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]
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]
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]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (Naxos)
A mandatory purchase for anyone interested in superb Mahler and even better sound [DM]
Reichenauer: Concertos (Supraphon)
Baroque enthusiasts will love this: was Reichenauer the Vivaldi of Prague? [BR]
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]
Romantic Violin Concertos (Coviello Classics)
(Déjà Review) Quite a discovery [MC]
