Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) A stunningly vivid live recording of what must have been an electrifying evening at the Concertgebouw [DC]
Ries: Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas, Vol 5 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The finest possible tribute to Ries’s piano sonatas [Byz]
Grieg: Violin Sonatas (Dynamic)
(Déjà Review) It is hard to imagine a performance that Grieg himself would have liked more than this one [Byz]
Beck: Symphonies (cpo)
Riveting accounts of dramatic early Classical symphonies [CRo]
Beamish: House of Wonders (Delphian)
A rare glimpse of the personal inspiration behind works by and for one of our leading composers [GH]
Garrop: Piano Concerto (Cedille)
An impressive recording of a dramatic, modern yet approachable piano concerto [EJW]
Saxophobia: Celebrating the Sax Craze of the 1920s (Chandos)
Hugely entertaining, backed up by phenomenal technique and rigorous research [NB]
Organ Music from the Low Countries (Ricercar)
Foccroulle pairs a thorough knowledge of the 17C organ landscape with an engaging style of playing [JV]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (Naxos)
A mandatory purchase for anyone interested in superb Mahler and even better sound [DM]
Reichenauer: Concertos (Supraphon)
Baroque enthusiasts will love this: was Reichenauer the Vivaldi of Prague? [BR]
JS Bach: The Bach Project: Violin Concertos (Paschen Records)
A delightful hour spent in the company of JSB [DJB]
Senfter: Symphonies 1 & 9 (Capriccio)
Defiantly personal scores rooted in the traditions of Germanic music [NB]
Owen: Songs & Piano Works (Private release)
This disc gives eloquent service in its expansion of Morfydd Owen’s recorded music [JW]
Benevoli: Missae Angelus Domini & Dum complerentur (Coro)
The glorious conclusion to an important and highly interesting project [JV]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Somm Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Schoenberg’s arrangements present this music in a new light, and these performances are very successful [GA]
Carr: Awakening (Rubicon Recordings)
An accessible, strikingly earnest contemporary work about renewal and the seasons [ACG]
Fairytale Ballets (Opus Arte)
A box set full of magic [RMay]
Marazzoli: Cantatas of Peace and Pleasure (cpo)
A delightful programme of little known 17th century Roman vocal music [CRo]
Romantic Violin Concertos (Coviello Classics)
(Déjà Review) Quite a discovery [MC]
Montserrat Caballé (soprano): Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi: Rarities (RCA)
A classic recording which as a collection represents a repository of all that was best about Caballé’s art [RMo]
Farrenc: Complete Piano Works Vol 4 (Grand Piano)
Another fine addition to a worthy series [RCh]
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Channel Classics)
This new, spirited version of the opera, while not really standing out, is well worth considering [DJa]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30, 31 and 32 (Decca)
Mitsuko Uchida revisits late Beethoven to wonderful effect. [DHa]
Parry & Elgar: Choral Works (Signum Classics)
Excellent premiere recordings of two Parry works of genuine stature [JQ]
