Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Artistic insight, poignancy and exciting performance values [RB]
Buxtehude: Vocal Works Vol 4 (Challenge)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding … full of rich, sonorous and decidedly beautiful choral music [MS]
Brahms & Liszt: Piano Sonatas (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating disc from a pianist whose career is most definitely worth following [CC]
Caldara: Forgotten castrato arias (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A bouquet of fine arias by a great yet underestimated composer [JV]
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (1823) (C Major)
(Déjà Review) A performance of real stature [ST]
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol 3 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Performances that are light and fleet of finger and foot, instinctive and brilliant [Byz]
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nimbus)
One to lift the spirits [DC]
Bliss, Walford Davies & Bowen: Violin sonatas (EM Records)
Magnificent impassioned music-making in works of real and dazzling substance [RB]
Bach: The Art of Fugue (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) At the right time and in the right mood you may find this irresistible [JS]
Braunfels: Die Vögel (Arthaus Musik)
(Déjà Review) A superb recording that merits the highest praise [RC]
Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent job … sure to please the harshest of critics [RW]
Schnittke & Shostakovich: Viola Music (Ambroise)
(Déjà Review) Captures the essence of both works with understanding and communicating effectively to the listening audience [CR]
Pierné: Piano Concerto, orchestral works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Very fine indeed, and a high-quality programme with no fillers necessary [DC]
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3, Isle of the Dead (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) If you want these performances, this disc proves a canny and inexpensive way to acquire them [JW]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-18 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Hesitate not – this really is new Mozart [DC]
Post: String Quartet Nos 2-4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Post is not only inventive and technically capable, but also a superb communicator [Byz]
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet (Onyx)
Flawless, perfect, profound; James Ehnes scores another home run with this incomparable performance [KS]
Piazzolla: Music for Flute & Guitar (Bridge)
Artistic expertise bringing light and shade and creating an admirable sense of atmosphere [CR]
Martinů: Piano Concertos Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Brilliantly captures Martinů’s coloristic effects and eclectic nature [RC]
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) A treasurable example of the work of a great conductor in repertoire with which he was not automatically associated [JQ]
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Music (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Magnificent performances, stunningly recorded [JQ] Certainly one to go for [RB]
Mozart & Brahms: Violin Concertos (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Eye-opening and bargain-priced accounts of considerable interest [RMay]
Khachaturian: Spartacus, Gayane (Onyx)
(Déjà Review) A recording and a performance that bode well for the BSO/Karabits/Onyx partnership [DM]
Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Acquire this superb new Mahler Second, but hang on to your copy of Rattle’s 1986 recording too [JQ]
