Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) This performance is forever recommended, especially in this transfer [CC]
Berlioz: Te Deum (Profil)
Sir Colin’s performance of the Te Deum is a hugely impressive account of a great pièce d’occasion [JQ]
Butler: American Rounds (NMC)
One of the loveliest discs I have heard recently [HC]
Turnage: Orchestral Collection (Decca)
One of the most individual voices in British contemporary music [CT]
Korngold and Marx: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Exciting compositions, sumptuously played by Hamelin and the BBC Scottish Orchestra. The Marx work is a real find and the recording companies should explore his music further [GL]
Norwegian Heartland (Simax Classics)
(Déjà Review) Intense enjoyment if you are prepared to try something a little out of the normal run [JP]
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 7 (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) As a coupling of the symphonies, this disc is unbeatable [TP]
Addison: Film Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) One of the very best of Chandos’s British film music series [IL]
Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book II (Erato)
(Déjà Review) The set deserves the strongest recommendation, unless one prefers the piano [BW]
Weill: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Add this one to your collection soon [KS]
Erica Morini (violin): Vol 3, Beethoven (Doremi)
(Déjà Review) Long may this worthy retrieval continue [JW]
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa (Hyperion)
The singing is radiant, warm and luminous with the individual winding strands of voices clear and concise [EML]
Verdi: Don Carlo (Orfeo)
Not only die-hard Verdians but all serious opera lovers should give it a try [GF]
Langgaard: Symphonies Nos 9-11 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) A rapturous masterpiece flanked by a pugnaciously enigmatic brevity and a euphoric example of Schumann-dominated nostalgia [RB]
Frankel: Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto & Clarinet Chamber Music (cpo)
(Déjà Review) More evidence of an astonishing but neglected talent. A tonal serialist for whom melody was the thing [NHo]
Schubert: String Quartets Vol. 6 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A fine example of interpretation and performance [TB]
Scriabin: The Complete Mazurkas (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Enjoy Scriabin’s unique and transcendent music performed by a “Scriabinist to the manner born” [DS]
Cikada String Quartet: Saariaho, Cage, Maderna (ECM)
(Déjà Review) Bold and innovative music logically programmed [TH]
Schubert: Sacred Music (Capriccio)
(Déjà Review) Often imaginative and sensitive music accorded a high standard of performance [TB]
Rossini: Guillaume Tell (Orfeo)
(Déjà Review) I enjoyed the fluency and vibrancy of this live performance [RJF]
Robert Horna (guitar): Las Cuatro Estabiones Portenas (CD Accord)
(Déjà Review) Horna is able to transmit powerfully the character of the music [GPJ]
Ries: Septet & Octet (cpo)
(Déjà Review) These colourful chamber works deserve to be better known [MC]
French Works for Two Pianos (Apex)
(Déjà Review) Great value, in terms of quality and quantity [GPJ]
Holmboe: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Music at once convincing and satisfying [TB]
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