Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Rota: Symphony No 3, Concerto soirée (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Quirkily entertaining, here is Rota the clown on display with effervescent lampooning music [IL]
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol 5 (Hyperion)
A superb set – beautiful songs, exquisitely sung and well-communicated [EML]
Negri: Le Gratie d’Amore (Dynamic)
If you are interested in early dance this disc is not to be missed [JV]
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Oehms Classics)
(Déjà Review) An impressive interpretation of this extroverted work in a festival-quality performance [JZ]
Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge & Green (NMC)
(Déjà Review) Three magnificent works, superbly performed and recorded [WH]
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]
Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol. 6 (Bridge)
(Déjà Review) A special and splendid collection of Wolpe’s piano music played to perfection [MS]
R Strauss: Elektra (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) A terrific Elektra to which I will, without doubt, return [GF]
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]
Gershwin: Overtures and Songs (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Gershwin as he was meant to sound, performed by artists who love him [WK]
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (MDG)
(Déjà Review) A knock-out from the very first bars of the overture [GF]
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 Vol 1 (Carus)
The result of all these collaborations is a work of pure beauty and joy [MMB]
Alfred Cortot (piano) The Late Recordings Vol 4 (APR)
Much to excite the poetic instinct [JW]
Sarasate: Music for Violin and Orchestra (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Tianwa Yang’s best Sarasate yet, which is really saying something [BR]
Schubert & Brahms: Symphonies (Profil)
(Déjà Review) An exceptionally satisfying disc [JQ]







































