Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Haydn & Schubert: Symphonies (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) The Jochum brothers’ reputations don’t need to be reversed, but it’s quite an enjoyable peep into the past [CH]
Karłowicz: Rebirth Symphony & The White Dove (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Wonderfully satisfying performances of striking music [WH]
Enescu: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Involved music delivered with elegance and panache [GD]
Dvořák: Piano Quartets (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Beautiful playing … at Naxos prices an absolute steal [SV]
Holbrooke: Violin Sonatas, Horn Trio (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Sympathy, sensitivity, skill and enthusiasm in music that will gratify and surprise [JF][RB]
Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Clarinet Sonatas (Nimbus Records)
(Déjà Review) The performances and recording are top-notch [LW]
Britten: Phaedra, A Charm of Lullabies, Lachrymae (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A wonderful collection which succeeds because of the excellence of the performances [MG]
Ernesto Halffter: Piano Music (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) For all fans of attractive, passionate Spanish music this is an ideal disc with which to impress friends [Byz]
Beethoven: Fidelio (Profil)
Defying its sixty-six years the sound quality of Keilberth’s Fidelio is certainly remarkable for its age [MC]
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]
Elgar: Piano Quintet & String Quartet (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Striking performances of these late masterpieces [JF]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No 8, 17 & 23 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding performances of three favourite minor-key Beethoven sonatas [WH]
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]






































