Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Charpentier: Te Deum H146 (Ricercar)
(Déjà Review) The mass is especially interesting for its highly original scoring and for the way it is performed here [JV]
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 24 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) One senses Andaloro’s complete involvement with the significant demands of Liszt’s challenging music [MC]
Brahms: Complete Works for Two Pianos (Netmark)
If the idea of neatly obtaining Brahms’s entire two-piano output appeals, then this fits the bill in just about every regard [DC]
Bridge: Orchestral works (Lyrita)
Handsomely presenting all aspects of Bridge’s orchestral styles [RB]
Clementi: For All Ages (Simax)
(Déjà Review) A rewarding recital, equally instructive and enjoyable [GPu]
Dvorak: Symphony Nos 7 & 8 (Mercury)
(Déjà Review) Highly sympathetic and rewarding performances of these superb works [PB]
Norwegian Brass Band Championships 2007 (Doyen)
(Déjà Review) I enjoyed virtually all the works presented but the absence of any information about them is deplorable [JF]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Opus Arte)
Déjà Review) This performance impresses by its inexorable growth [CH]
Arnold: The Complete Brass Chamber Music (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Filled to the brim with a wide range of brass music [TPr]
Bartók & Hindemith: String Quartets (ECM)
(Déjà Review) Music that is reasonably challenging but will more than compensate with repeated hearings [MC]
Beck: Symphonies No 1-3 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Another unearthed gem, sensitively performed and beautifully recorded [DBl]
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Committed playing from Menuhin’s Indian Summer, excellently partnered by son Jeremy [GF]
Beethoven: Piano Trios 1, 3 & 4 (Apex)
An excellent all-round recording [EML]
Brian: Symphony 1 (Naxos)
A work of staggering scale and substance superbly recorded [RB]
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Naxos Historical)
(Déjà Review) An astonishing survival of a cherishable tradition, bringing unique insights and the lifetime’s experience of a great conductor [LF]
Byrd: Consort Songs (Hyperion Helios)
(Déjà Review) The whole disc is absolutely delightful [GH]
Kuula & Madetoja: Finnish Songs (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) This fascinating conjunction of nostalgia and forward thinking provides us with some beautifully evocative mood music [AO]
Rossini: La pietra del paragone (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A multitude of thanks are due to Naxos for this, proof positive that there is infinite joy to be gleaned from Rossinian by-roads [CC]
Mathias: Ave Rex, Elegy for a Prince, This Worlde’s Joie (Lyrita)
(Déjà Review) Recordings that do the greatest of service to Mathias’s music [CC]
Haydn: Symphonies No.30, 53, 69 (Apex)
(Déjà Review) Harnoncourt captures all the drama, humor and elegance with which these scores are rife [KS]
Victoria: Second Vespers of the Feast of the Annunciation (Delphian)
(Déjà Review) A most enjoyable release to which I’m very happy to give an unreserved welcome [JQ]
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 (BIS)
Revelatory – hypnotic in the extreme, close to Scriabin in mystical mode [CC]
Debussy’s Corner (Cyprès)
(Déjà Review) A well planned, superbly played programme that is a pure joy from start to finish [HC]
JC Bach & CPE Bach: Orchestral Music (Harmonia Mundi)
(Déjà Review) A real success here, then, from all angles [CC]
