Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Contemporary flute concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Four contemporary flute works stunningly performed and recorded [WH]
Peter Mattei (baritone): Great Baritone Arias (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A glorious disc! [OL]
Willem van Otterloo (conductor): The Original Recordings 1951-1966 (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) Extraordinarily fine performances of a range of music [CH]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 21, 17 & 31 (Delphian)
(Déjà Review) A huge surprise — superb Beethoven in the romantic mode, with great color and poetry [BR]
Ravel: Complete Solo Piano Music (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A set of stunning virtuosity, but with delicate colors at the same time [WK]
Delius: Appalachia & The Song of the High Hills (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully shaped and sensitive readings [IL]
Wright: String and Orchestral Music (Dutton Epoch)
(Déjà Review) Sparkle, rhythmic élan with a certain jazzy quality, and also in the English Pastoral tradition [GH]
Wagner: Lohengrin (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A glorious reading becomes all the more appealing in its newest incarnation [ST]
Mozart: Airs d’opéras (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) All lovers of elegant stylish Mozart singing should lend an ear to this disc [GF]
Respighi: Violin Concerto (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A notable release for Respighi enthusiasts [IL]
Nielsen: The Symphonies (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A compelling box, offering a Nielsen cycle of uncommon distinction and authority in superb sound [JQ]
Rota: Symphony No 3, Concerto soirée (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Quirkily entertaining, here is Rota the clown on display with effervescent lampooning music [IL]
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol 5 (Hyperion)
A superb set – beautiful songs, exquisitely sung and well-communicated [EML]
Negri: Le Gratie d’Amore (Dynamic)
If you are interested in early dance this disc is not to be missed [JV]
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Oehms Classics)
(Déjà Review) An impressive interpretation of this extroverted work in a festival-quality performance [JZ]
Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge & Green (NMC)
(Déjà Review) Three magnificent works, superbly performed and recorded [WH]
Rachmaninov: Aleko (Chandos)
Déjà Review) Noseda conducts intelligently, sensitively, with full structural awareness of the dramatic trajectory [CC]
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert-Lieder (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Don’t miss this issue, dear reader [GF]
Reznicek & Korngold: String Quartets (Nimbus Records)
(Déjà Review) Contemporaneous works by two very different composers of differing generations [JW]
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol 1 (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Profoundly impressive [JW]








































