Recordings of the Month
Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady (Chandos)
A great show, vividly brought to life in this superb recording [JQ]
Puts: Orchestral Music (Delos)
Sophisticated, emotional, beautifully crafted and a delight from first to last [DJB]
Brahms & Wolf: Lieder (Linn)
Marvellous and treasurable, the finest song disc to have come my way in some considerable time [ST]
Schoenberg: Orchestral & choral music (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)
Superb performances of orchestral and choral music by Schoenberg [DHa]
Field: Complete Nocturnes (Deutsche Grammophon)
Field’s exquisite nocturnes in wonderfully personal performances [RCh]
Salieri: Cublai, Gran Kan De’ Tartari (Aparté)
The buffa side of Italian Opera in the heyday of Vienna’s pre-eminence [PH]
Jewish Vienna (Onyx)
A beautiful programme, exquisitely performed, with Chen Reiss in top form [GF]
Mitra Kotte (piano) Herstory (Genuin)
One of the most enjoyable recitals I have heard this year, let alone one featuring just female composers [RCh]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Deutsche Grammophon)
Richter in his prime in Beethoven from the archives of Deutsche Grammophon [PH]
Alma: Ibero-American Songs (SOMM Recordings)
A song-recital recording to convert those who think they are not keen on song-recital recordings [DC]
French School Pianists play French concertos (APR)
A great piano tradition is celebrated in style [PH]
Benjamin Appl (baritone) Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Alpha Classics)
A cornucopia of wonderful songs, superbly sung, for every lover of art songs to delve into [GF]
Pitfield: Orchestral Music (Toccata Classics)
A magnificent new release of unjustly neglected British music [DJ]
Bach: King of Kings (Chandos)
A celebration of the unassuming genius of Sir Andrew Davis [NB]
G Schumann: Ruth (cpo)
An outstanding release of a major oratorio of late German Romanticism ripe for rediscovery [PH]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A very fine, deeply satisfying account of Brahms’ great masterpiece [JQ]
R & C Schumann & Liszt: Piano Works (Danacord)
A thought-provoking recording of Schumann and Liszt on an 1856 Erard [RMas]
Puccini: Le Villi (BR Klassik)
As satisfying an account of the youthful Puccini’s first success as one could wish to encounter [RMo]
Shostakovich: String Quartets 1-6 (Genuin)
Enduringly powerful music receiving performances of remarkable skill and insight [NB]
Messiaen’s Musical Universe (Fugue State Films)
A brilliant, revelatory release which enhances our understanding of Messiaen [DHa]
Fatma Said (soprano) Lieder (Warner Classics)
This wonderful disc of Lieder for soprano and different forces held me spellbound [PT]
Ravel: Très Franc (TYXart)
A joyful recital of great music stunningly played and recorded [NB]
Mahler: Symphony 7 (BR Klassik)
Inspirationally conducted, fantastically played and stunningly recorded, this demands the attention of all Mahler devotees [JQ]
Puccini: Tosca (Deutsche Grammophon)
The best Tosca released in the past half-century [GF]
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