Mahler: Symphony 6 (SFS Media)
(Déjà Review) A Mahler 6 with contemporary resonance, superbly played and recorded, that competes with the best [TD]
Glass: Complete Piano Études (DUX)
A few tempos don’t quite work, but some of the pieces match the best [DJB]
Melchers: Symphony, La Kermesse, Élégie (Ondine)
Spirited and persuasive performances [SG]
Vierne: Complete Piano Works 2 (Naxos)
A composer celebrated for his organ music shows his prowess as a creator of distinctive and rewarding piano music [MS]
Bach: Motets (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
This recording earns a place among the best in the catalogue [JV]
Albéniz: Piano Suites (Piano Classics)
Delightful music in superior renditions [ZT]
Portraits of a Mind (Albion Records)
A dazzling performance and production [JF]
Eudice Shapiro (violin): Sonatas and duos (Biddulph)
The admirable art of violinist Eudice Shapiro, heard in core repertory [JW]
Smetana: Má Vlast (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) Ančerl and his wonderful orchestra are the ‘real thing’ – buy, hear and believe! [PJL]
D Scarlatti: Violin Sonatas (Obsidian)
Makes a very strong case for treating these sonatas as violin sonatas [GPu]
Ostinato (Pan Classics)
A beautifully burnished sound, but the dominance of slow tempos is a negative [DJB]
Haydn: Stabat Mater (Pentatone)
Haydn’s moving Stabat Mater reimagined – a success all around [LP]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Capriccio)
Poschner’s well-directed Complete Versions series continues [RMo]
Bruch + Tveitt (Berlin Classics)
A well-played but unbalanced programme [NB]
Boughton: Of Delights and Passions (EM Records)
Expressive directness and frolicsome invention in a series of Boughton disc premieres [JW]
Peacock Pie (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A delightful release which is a joy from first to last [HC]
Rêverie – Polish Cello Miniatures (Dux)
First recordings of works that deserved to stay buried [DJB]
Bruckner: Symphony 6 (LSO Live)
Controversial and underwhelming Bruckner from Rattle [LD]
A Beethoven Odyssey Vol. 7 (MSR Classics)
Brawn turns out thoroughly impressive accounts of these last three very challenging sonatas [RC]
Voyages (Signum Classics)
A fascinating journey through Baudelaire’s and Goethe’s poetic landscapes [GF]
Haydn: String Quartets (Hyperion)
Versions for hard-core period instrument enthusiasts [RMo]
Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya (guitars) Vol. 2 (Doremi)
A second souvenir of the art of this guitar duo, with special emphasis on the youthful brilliance of Ida Presti [JW]
Atlantic Crossings (Gramola)
An offbeat concept produces a very rewarding album [MP]
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