Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Constantin Silvestri (conductor): A Bournemouth Love Affair (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Heartfelt exuberance, sensitivity and quicksilver fleetness [NB]
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A disc with that rare “Wow!” factor [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No.3 (Tudor)
(Déjà Review) You have been warned [DM]
Martin: Der Sturm (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Magically re-imagined and brought to harvest [RB]
Weelkes: Ninth Service and Anthems (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Fruitful, grand and invigorating [JW]
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces & Hymn of the Nations (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A most compelling disc [MC]
Sibelius & Paganini: Violin concertos (Pristine Audio)
The fervour is unceasing and the music is charted with feverish intensity [JW]
Žebeljan: The Horses of St Mark & Orchestral works (cpo)
cpo must be congratulated for once again finding another original voice [Byz]
Shostakovich: Complete Works for Cello (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Wallfisch excels in Shostakovich’s complete cello works [LW]
Tcherepnin: Piano Music (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Evocative, melodic, harmonically imaginative and immensely varied [Byz]
Andrew Kennedy (tenor): Arias by Gluck, Mozart and Berlioz (Signum)
(Déjà Review) Andrew Kennedy does Berlioz proud [GF]
Music for counter-tenor and recorder (Guild)
(Déjà Review) Singing and playing of the highest order [AMa]
Poulenc: Choral works (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) Nigel Short directs the impeccably prepared Tenebrae in beautiful accounts of this music [MC]
Rheinberger: Mass and Motets. Sacred Music IX (Carus)
(Déjà Review) Attractive performances, characterful and responsive [MC]
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto & Sonata (RCA)
(Déjà Review) I know of no more dramatic and beautifully played account of the Concerto [MC]
Suk: Asrael (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) The best modern version [RB]
Molino: Chamber Works for Flute, Violin & Guitar (cpo)
Effortlessly tuneful music in fine performances [BW]
Rossini: Otello (Naxos)
If you are curious about Rossini’s version of Otello then you will not go far wrong with this Naxos recording [RH]
French Cello Works (Centaur)
(Déjà Review) A potential Rostropovich in the making [SV]
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 & Schumann: Piano Quintet (Elatus)
(Déjà Review) Buy this for the Schumann Piano Quintet, which is very successful [GA]
Field: Complete Piano Concertos (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) Enjoyable and unjustly neglected music in recommendable performances and recordings at a modest cost [BW]
Dohnányi: Orchestral Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Will give much pleasure [BBr]
Dorman: Four Concerti (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Beautiful, inventive, high-spirited music, a modern tribute to Baroque [OL]
Mirella Freni (soprano): Great Singers Live (BR Klassik)
(Déjà Review) I just couldn’t stop playing this disc which is not surprising given that Freni has one of the finest soprano voices I have ever heard [MC]
