Recommended
Sarah Willis (Horn) Mozart y Mambo (Alpha Classics)
A riotously enjoyable disc, the third in the amazing Sarah Willis’s series featuring Mozart Cuban-style [GPJ]
Praetorius & Schütz: Sacred Works (cpo)
Another recording of great importance and of great beauty from these performers [JV]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Altus)
Schippers’s great Osaka Die Walküre is one of the great treasures of the Wagner discography [MB]
Sounds and Sweet Air – A Shakespeare Songbook ( BIS)
This fine, imaginative album will entertain and enlighten [JQ]
Weinberg: Dawn, Symphony No.12 (Chandos)
An unexpected and thrilling pendant to Storgårds’ survey of late Shostakovich [NC]
Ataúlfo Argenta (conductor) (Decca)
Two LPs’ worth of Argenta’s legendary performances in classic Decca sound [PSe]
Wagner: Orchestral Selections from Der Ring des Nibelungen (RCA/Sony)
It would be hard to find a more sumptuously played and superbly recorded Wagner disc than this one [MB]
Weber, Schumann, Strauss: Horn concerti (Chandos)
A delightful collection [SB]
Ichiro Suzuki (guitar): Intimate (IBS Classical)
The intimate guitar at its best [ZT]
Anthems Vol. 1 (Hyperion)
A superb album [JQ]
Gluck: Écho et Narcisse (Chateau de Versailles)
This recording is superb in every respect; nobody is likely to be disappointed by either the singing or the music [GF]
Rautavaara & Martinů: Piano Concertos (BIS)
This attractive coupling should win new friends for these works [SB]
Mahler: Lieder (Signum Classics)
An exceptionally fine Mahler recital [JQ]
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerti (Deutsche Grammophon)
A fine contribution to the Rachmaninoff 150 celebrations [JQ]
Britten: Albert Herring (Opus Arte)
An unmatchable and irreplaceable video makes a welcome return to the catalogues [PCG]
Martin & Franck: Piano quintets (CAvi-Music)
Superb performances of both works: a rewarding coupling [SB]
Herz: Stars rise afar (Genuin)
A rewarding release, thought-provoking and inspiring [SG]
Remembering Tebaldi (Pentatone)
A lovely recital presenting Melody Moore as a worthy inhabitant of the pantheon of the present generation of sopranos [GF]
Vinders: Missa Fors seulement (Inventa)
Discover two masses by a shadowy figure from late-renaissance Belgium and some of his contemporaries [GH]
Stefano Maiorana (theorbo) Secret Pages (Arcana)
A compelling juxtaposition of Baroque and contemporary music for theorbo [MS]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum – August 2022 Festival (Danacord)
Well-chosen, interesting repertoire, and many discoveries [JF]
Schumann, Clara Schumann & Brahms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) (Decca)
Magnificent playing weaves together the music of this intimately connected trio [RCh]
Monologues (Prospero)
An outstanding album, groundbreaking in repertoire and programming, beautifully performed and recorded [GPu]
Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (Tactus)
Mesmerising cello sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi [DF]
