Recommended
Awakenings (Avi-Music)
The most exciting vocal recital disc I’ve heard in a long while [JQ]
The Palacio Songbook – Music for three voices & lute (Glossa)
Wonderful repertoire, and the performances could not be any better [JV]
From Venice to Berlin: Baroque trio sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)
Each of the sonatas performed here is a treasure; Intarsio Armonico are outstanding players of this repertoire [JV]
Rodgers: Carousel (Chandos)
Wilson and his colleagues do full justice to this Broadway masterpiece [JQ]
Victor Nicoara (piano): Polyphonic Dreams (Hänssler Classic)
The version here of Busoni’s magnus opus for piano should now become the standard one [SB]
Pierrot Portraits (Onyx)
Ensemble 360 and Claire Booth bring Pierrot to life on this superb disc [PTh]
In terra aliena: 15th/16th Century Spanish music (Cobra Records)
Something special: the subject, the music it illustrates, and the performance [JV]
Smetana & Schubert: Piano Trios (Supraphon)
Trio Bohémo play with both passion but also precision, they listen to one another and they clearly love this music [SB]
Schurmann: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
Brilliant recordings of wonderfully evocative music [PRJ]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)
One of the finest modern Bruckner 7 recordings available today [KC]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Deutsche Grammophon)
A stunning new high resolution transfer of this classic recording [MP]
Aaron Rosand (violin) In Memoriam (Rhine Classics)
The vibrant, alluring art of arch-Romanticist, Aaron Rosand [JW]
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)
Performance that are as sparkling as they are wise [DMD]
The French Album (Orchid Classics)
This is a very fine disc; in fact, c’est magnifique! [JQ]
Vicéns: Mural – Chamber Ensemble Works (Stradivarius)
Music by a young composer who cares if you listen, but will not pander to contrive a connection [NC]
Kuwabara: Sounded Voice, Voiced Sound (Kairos)
Yu Kuwabara’s frequently beautiful work projects both delicacy and vigour, and harnesses ancient and modern influences to thrilling effect [RHa]
Schubert & Loewe: Songs (Alpha Classics)
A well-structured programme, excellent performance and recording [RWe]
Aho: Guitar Concerto & Horn Quintet (BIS)
A worthy addition to BIS’s monumental Aho edition [RHa]
Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano): Origins (Naïve)
A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]
Bliss: Works for Brass Band (Chandos)
This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]
Liszt: Piano Sonata, Études de concert (Hänssler Classic)
Brilliant Liszt performances breathe new life into great staples of the repertoire [RBe]