Déjà Reviews

Re-published reviews from the archive

Musgrave OccuranceatOwlBridge NMC

Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge & Green (NMC)

(Déjà Review) Three magnificent works, superbly performed and recorded [WH]

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Player Piano 10 (MDG)

(Déjà Review) Another terrific instalment [DC]

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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]

Schubert: Winterreise, D 911 (Zig-Zag Territoires)

(Déjà Review) A disc to be snapped up and at once and then savoured during many listening sessions [GF]

Wolpe v6 BRIDGE9344

Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol. 6 (Bridge)

(Déjà Review) A special and splendid collection of Wolpe’s piano music played to perfection [MS]

Strauss Elektra OpusArte

R Strauss: Elektra (Opus Arte)

(Déjà Review) A terrific Elektra to which I will, without doubt, return [GF]

Weinberg Symphony3 Chandos

Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) If you enjoy Russian music of the mid and first half of the last century then you need to hear this [Byz][RB]

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Gershwin: Overtures and Songs (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Gershwin as he was meant to sound, performed by artists who love him [WK]

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (MDG)

(Déjà Review) A knock-out from the very first bars of the overture [GF]

Telemann: Kapitänsmusik 1738 (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Telemann impresses once again [JV]

Walton: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A splendid disc, pairing Walton’s two symphonies in excellent performances [JQ][RB]

Shostakovich: Piano Trios & Blok Romances (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A superb disc from the Florestan Trio and guest [LW]

Tansman: Clarinet Concerto, Concertino (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) A quality disc for a quality composer [Byz]

Volkslieder v1 carus

Volkslieder Vol 1 (Carus)

The result of all these collaborations is a work of pure beauty and joy [MMB]

Cortot v4 APR5574

Alfred Cortot (piano) The Late Recordings Vol 4 (APR)

Much to excite the poetic instinct [JW]

Sarasate ViolinandOrchestra Naxos

Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Tianwa Yang’s best Sarasate yet, which is really saying something [BR]

Schubert Symphony8 Profil

Schubert & Brahms: Symphonies (Profil)

(Déjà Review) An exceptionally satisfying disc [JQ]

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Early One Morning: Finnish Orchestral Favourites (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) I loved this two-disc sampler of lesser-known Finnish composers [BR]

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Barbella: Sei trii per due violini e violoncello (Tactus)

(Déjà Review) These sonatas make pleasant listening – the performers realise often truly swinging performances [JV]

Duruflé, Howells: Requiems (Regis)

(Déjà Review) Beautifully crafted, inspired music in immaculate performances [JQ]

Continental Britons. The Émigré Composers (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) No one with the slightest interest in these composers can fail to be stirred by this release [JW]