Déjà Reviews
Re-published reviews from the archive
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]
Haydn: Missa Brevis & Missa “Harmoniemesse” (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Exceptionally elegant performances from a first rate band of musicians [KS]
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A modern makeover for an old favourite [GD]
Handel: Serse (Erato)
Arrestingly beautiful, sung with passion and intensity [ST]
Holst: The Planets (piano 4 hands) & Bowen: Piano Suites (Nimbus)
Utterly sympathetic and inspired [JF]
Charpentier: Actéon (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Lively performances of three compositions which show Charpentier’s theatrical instincts [JV]
Haydn: Organ Concertos (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) A very welcome release indeed [DC]
Handel: Arias of Love and Madness (Channel Classics)
(Déjà Review) Successfully mixes familiar and unfamiliar and performed with style, charm and a nice poignancy. What more could you want? [RH]
Trumpet Concertos by Gruber, Eötvös and Turnage (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Hardenberger is a soloist without equal, cruising through bruising technical passagework as if it were Handel or Haydn [DC]
Handel: Water Music (Naïve)
(Déjà Review) Vividly realized and thoroughly entertaining performances [MG]
Glass: Music for organ (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Superhuman performances in a fine recording [DC]
Chopin: Scherzos and Ballades (Oehms Classics)
(Déjà Review) This disc is a treasure, a rarity to behold [RC]
Grainger: Salute to Percy Grainger (Eloquence)
(Déjà Review) A very substantial helping of the essential Grainger in performances and recordings that are exemplars to the rest [RB]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (BR Klassik)
The symphonic lines are sensitively and eloquently drawn and the orchestral playing is exemplary [TB]
Daugherty: Route 66 (Naxos)
Great fun [NB]
JS Bach: Oboe Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A standard which will be hard to beat [DC]
