Déjà Reviews

Re-published reviews from the archive

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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]

Carlos Kleiber – I am lost to the world (C Major)

(Déjà Review) This documentary raises more questions than answers [JW]

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Carissimi: Oratorios (Atma)

A splendid, atmospheric and technically precise and accurate collection of four of Carissimi’s lovely oratorios [MS]

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Leoncavallo: I Medici (Deutsche Grammophon)

An idiomatic, well focused and vigorous performance [JS]

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Casals Encores (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Performances with feeling that never degenerate into sentiment [GA]

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Hear, O Heav’ns: Chapel Royal Anthems (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) A most enjoyably and intelligently conceived disc [JW]

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Antheil: Carnegie Hall Concert of 1927 (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) A must-hear disc for anyone with any kind of passing interest in the development of 20th Century music [NB]

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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]

Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol 3 (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Utterly beguiling [NB]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 21, 17 & 31 (Delphian)

(Déjà Review) A huge surprise — superb Beethoven in the romantic mode, with great color and poetry [BR]

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Ravel: Complete Solo Piano Music (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A set of stunning virtuosity, but with delicate colors at the same time [WK]

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FE Fesca: Flute Quartets (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Breathtaking flute playing [CR]

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Prokofiev: The Gambler (C Major)

(Déjà Review) A major triumph [RC]

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Delius: Appalachia & The Song of the High Hills (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Beautifully shaped and sensitive readings [IL]

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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]

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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]