Mozart: …che cosa è amor… (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) I have derived much pleasure from this disc and I expect many opera lovers will like it too [GF]
Vladigerov: Stage Music (Capriccio)
Instantly captivating – to date the most desirable of the seven Vladigerov Capriccio sets [RB]
The Synthetists Revisited (Naxos)
Band music by a group of Belgian composers, worth repeated hearing [HC]
Oscar Shumsky (violin): Live at Berkeley (Biddulph)
Shumsky in a previously unreleased recital – a magnificent violinist with an admirable pianist [JW]
Moment of Eternity (Genuin)
A beautifully executed programme of solo piano music that has identity as its theme and its concealment behind masks [MSt]
Handel: Cleofida, Königin von Indien (cpo)
Enriches the Händel discography and provides insight into Telemann’s talents as an arranger [DF]
Gounod: Faust (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Some of the most glorious tenor singing ever recorded [GF]
JS Bach: The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Bach performances to cherish [CH]
Carnival (Priory)
A balanced and unusual programme which also displays the tonal richness of an organ still little known. [MSt]
Willem Mengelberg (conductor) Concertgebouw Telefunken Recordings Vol. 3 (Pristine Audio)
Another first-rate addition to Pristine’s Mengelberg Telefunken series [PSt]
Leopolitanus: Musica liturgica (CD Accord)
An interesting and musically compelling document which sheds light on Poland’s musical past [JV]
Mascagni: L’amico Fritz (Dynamic)
A very good way to discover the attractions of Mascagni’s second opera [RWe]
The First Songs of Travel (Albion)
A 1950s English song recital restored; excellent remastering but stylistically uncertain [JW]
Handel: Serse (Linn)
Highlights the variety of Handel’s invention and showcases a superb lead singer [RMo]
Bizet: Carmen (DG)
(Déjà Review) A great evening at the opera, crowned by Grace Bumbry’s great performance of Carmen [CH]
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 22 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Excellent recording, excellent Liszt playing, at times verging upon the legendary [PSh]
Dobrzyński: Piano Works Vol 1 (Acte Préalable)
Finely crafted piano works in excellent performances bode well for this series [RCh]
Bach: The Art of Fugue (Harmonia Mundi)
Probably the best recording of the Art of Fugue I know [DMD]
The Simonsens of St. Kilda (Per Diem Projects)
An engaging, insightful and interesting read [MMB]
Coates: Orchestral Works Vol 3 (Chandos)
John Wilson, spruce and lively once again in Eric Coates [JW]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Refined inscriptions, lovingly restored [SG]
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices (Hyperion)
A refined, intimate, impeccably sung and recorded collection of Byrd at his most reserved and doleful [RMo]
Martinů: Symphonies 3 & 4 (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) An auspicious launch for the first fresh new Martinů cycle of the new century [RB]
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