Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
Delius: Appalachia & The Song of the High Hills (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully shaped and sensitive readings [IL]
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]
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]
Rota: Symphony No 3, Concerto soirée (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Quirkily entertaining, here is Rota the clown on display with effervescent lampooning music [IL]
Negri: Le Gratie d’Amore (Dynamic)
If you are interested in early dance this disc is not to be missed [JV]
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol 5 (Hyperion)
A superb set – beautiful songs, exquisitely sung and well-communicated [EML]
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]
Player Piano 10 (MDG)
(Déjà Review) Another terrific instalment [DC]
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]
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]
