Folk Songs (Pentatone)
A life-enhancing experience of which I wish every music lover could be a part [GF]
Parry: Piano music (Heritage Records)
The pianist assimilates Parry’s earlier influences with his personal skill to create a satisfying whole [JF]
Glass & Bjerkestrand: Violin Concertos (lawo)
Fascinating music, fine performances and recording, poor presentation [WH]
Cesti: Cantatas (Ars Produktion)
Compelling performances of cantatas by a great composer of the 17th century [JV]
Allegri & Palestrina: Choral works (Gimell)
This is a disc which has attained something approaching classic status over the years, and rightly so [JQ]
Bach: Cello Suites (Doremi)
Pioneering recordings by a superb violist at the height of her powers [JW]
Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 (Pentatone)
One good and two superb performances of these modern classics [SB]
20th Century Foxtrots (Grand Piano)
Be swept back to the jazz age with the latest in Wallisch’s excellent series [RCh]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 (BR Klassik)
These are striking performances of Tchaikovsky’s renowned Fifth Symphony and Liszt’s Mazeppa [MC]
Werner: Masses & Motets (Audite)
Top-class performances of music by a ‘forgotten’ master [JV]
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25 (Chandos)
Bavouzet’s prolific ornamentation mars the poignancy of K491’s slow movement; but the edginess created in K503’s finale is revelatory [MG]
Kelly: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
Fine premiere recordings of chamber music by a little-known Australian who perished on the Somme [GH]
Danish Piano Concertos Vol 3 (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) Three memorable Danish romantic piano concertos [RB]
Mussorgsky: Stokowski Symphonic Transcriptions (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A fine new recording of Stokowski’s vividly orchestrated responses to Mussorgsky’s music [CT]
Juilliard String Quartet: Great Collaborations Vol. 5 (Sony Classical)
An anthology of classic, highly varied recordings spanning over a quarter of a century from major music-makers [RMo]
Louis Kaufman (violin): Violin Sonatas (Biddulph)
A generously well-filled disc featuring an outstanding fiddle player [SG]
Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (Naxos)
A musically and emotionally intense opera by a composer at the peak of his career [EJW]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Pristine Audio)
A classic of the Bruckner discography, revived [NC]
Fantastissimus (Navis Classics)
Rich, strange and vibrantly colourful [DC]
Lekeu, Franck & Dupré: Violin Sonatas (Austrian Gramophone)
Commendable performances of palpable sincerity [MC]
A Scarlatti: Cantatas (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
(Déjà Review) Intense and concentrated scores that will undoubtedly bring much pleasure [MC]
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets (Elatus)
(Déjà Review) Superb performances given by one of the world’s finest string quartets [CF]
Janáček: Káťa Kabanová (Unitel Edition)
Powerful performances, but spare and drab staging [LW]
Bach family: Family Affairs [motets] (cpo)
An impressive survey of the art of the Bach family [JV]
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