Leningrad String Quartets (Northern Flowers)
Four largely unknown Leningrad quartets in committed performances [RB]
Jonathan Tetelman (tenor) The Great Puccini (DG)
A star Is born! Let’s hope he will resist overexposure [GF]
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Overtures (Warner Classics)
Slava’s unjustly overlooked early Tchaikovsky symphony cycle reissued in fine sound [LD]
Dvořák: Symphonies 8 & 9 (Philips)
(Déjà Review) Fischer and his colleagues enter a very competitive field and offer extremely fine versions of both symphonies which must now be counted among the best available [JQ]
Langgaard: Symphonies No.6, 7 & 8 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) Langgaard was the true heir of Wagner and Strauss [TB]
Verdi: Requiem (C major)
A superb performance of a work Karajan often conducted, with fine soloists [RWe]
Schubert: Winterreise (SOMM Recordings)
A fine centenary tribute to a distinguished British singer [JQ]
Ospald: Más Raíz, Menos Criatura (BR Klassik)
Tough music but shot through with passion and humanity [DMD]
Janáček & Haas: String quartets (BIS)
At the very top of the list for these masterpieces [WH]
Kelly: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
More Kelly premieres expand our knowledge of the short-lived Australian [JW]
SamBach (Evil Penguin)
A strained attempt to link Bach with Brazilian samba which doesn’t work [DJB]
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Orfeo)
(Déjà Review) Splendid performances that could hardly be bettered [IL]
Alkan: Piano Music Vol. 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Any pianist who can play these works with such deep understanding as Ringeissen, is a rare bird, and must be treasured [RBr]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon)
An Icelandic blizzard envelops these Goldbergs and I am left cold [DJB]
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Dynamic)
A well-performed Stravinsky masterpiece, and a related work by Pizzetti [RWe]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Warner Classics)
A grand, majestic performance catching all the requisite light and shade of Bruckner’s most popular and accessible symphony [RMo]
Dowland: Lachrimae (Challenge Classics)
A sexy Italianate take on these pieces [DMD]
Coleridge-Taylor: Choral Works (Orchid Classics)
This collection of pieces, expertly performed, expands our knowledge of this short-lived composer [JQ]
Banschikov: Sonatas for Piano, Flute & Bayan (Northern Flowers)
Fierce, angular melancholia, deliberate clarity and a turned-inwards icy-acid virtuosity [RB]
Tveitt: Hardanger Tunes, Suites 1 & 4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Engeset coaxes this gorgeous material into shape without effort or artificiality [GH]
Schubert: Lieder Vol 2 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Bostridge is surely worthy of a position in the same illustrious gallery as Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker and a few others [TB]
Humour and Classical Music: Elgar’s Smoking Cantata
by David Barker
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Delphian)
Deeply committed performances, informed by consummate musicianship [SG]
Murschhauser: Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum (Brilliant Classics)
Fine performances of liturgical organ music by a little-known master from South Germany [JV]
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