Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Dean: Orchestral works (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Excellent performances and superb recording of some of Dean’s most endearing works [HC]
Elgar: The Crown of India (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) At last a version of this legendary work for pleasure, analysis and study [JF]
Martinů: Orchestral Works (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) Catching the Martinů sound in full flight [RB]
Diana Damrau (soprano): Mozart arias (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A bridge too far, too soon [RMo]
Marx: Orchestral Songs and Choral Works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) The disc with which to introduce this composer to music-lovers [RB]
Music of Tribute, Vol. 5 – JS Bach (Labor)
A well-planned disc superbly delivered [CC]
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano – Volume 3
(Déjà Review) The best of Bavouzet’s three volumes so far [CH]
Dowland: The Complete Solo Lute Music (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A joy and feast for the ears [DC]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 26, 27 & 29 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Three superb performances on a convincing period instrument [WH]
JC Bach: Opera arias (Virgin Classics)
(Déjà Review) The London Bach’s operatic output has been woefully neglected … heard here performed with precision and dramatic tension {JPJ]
Chapí: Fantasía Morisca, Symphony in D minor (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Two very worthwhile pieces which clearly ought to be better known [JS]
Chopin: Piano Concerti (Bridge Records)
(Déjà Review) Extraordinary power and beauty [MM]
Bruckner & Rheinberger: Choral Music (Carus)
(Déjà Review) Much to commend on this disc [RH]
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cléopâtre (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A fresh approach to this remarkable symphony [JQ]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume VIII (ECM)
Warning: may render your current versions redundant [DC]
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Vol. 1 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Wonderful, life-affirming music-making from this exciting partnership [TP]
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A performance that will give much pleasure [JQ]
Schubert: Die Winterreise (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Belongs among the Desert Island Disc recordings of Winterreise [GF]
Galuppi: L’Olimpiade (Dynamic)
(Déjà Review) A desirable acquisition for lovers of baroque opera [GF]
Handel: Messiah (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A middle-of-the-road performance which just about presses all the right buttons [BW]
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Excellence and depth: real transcendent Beethoven, almost all of the time [DC]





































