Constantin Silvestri (conductor): A Bournemouth Love Affair (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Heartfelt exuberance, sensitivity and quicksilver fleetness [NB]
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A disc with that rare “Wow!” factor [JQ]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 (BIS)
Much to admire in this performance of ‘Lobgesang’ [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No.3 (Tudor)
(Déjà Review) You have been warned [DM]
Martin: Der Sturm (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Magically re-imagined and brought to harvest [RB]
Yutian Yang (piano): Becoming (Azure Sky)
An impressive debut with an attractive programme [RCh]
Puccini: Heroines (Pentatone)
Sondra Radvanovsky demonstrates that she shares in Puccini’s gift for dramatic expression [MC]
Frederick Stock (conductor): Chicago Symphony Volume 6 (Pristine Audio)
The final volume in this series reprises Frederick Stock’s strengths as a recording artist [JW]
Mozart: Keyboard Works. Fragments and Rarities (Naxos)
A lovingly curated recital of Mozart’s rarities and fragments for keyboard [CRo]
Seelenfrieden (Prospero)
Another impressive testimony to the richness of 17th-century German sacred music [JV]
Weelkes: Ninth Service and Anthems (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Fruitful, grand and invigorating [JW]
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces & Hymn of the Nations (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A most compelling disc [MC]
Lemba: Chamber Music, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
The second Lemba chamber music volume presents better compositional skill than the first [JW]
Jack Brymer (clarinet): Clarinet Recitals (Nimbus)
A memorable pair of recitals by a master clarinettist with a fine duo partner [SB]
Widor: Piano Music (Danacord)
Wonderful piano works which ably demonstrate that Widor is no one-hit wonder [RCh]
Parry: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Da Vinci Classics)
Parry’s hidden piano riches brought home [JF]
Mozart: Complete Piano Trios (MDG)
Revel in these delightfully translucent performances [DC]
Sibelius & Paganini: Violin concertos (Pristine Audio)
The fervour is unceasing and the music is charted with feverish intensity [JW]
Žebeljan: The Horses of St Mark & Orchestral works (cpo)
cpo must be congratulated for once again finding another original voice [Byz]
Howells: Partsongs (SOMM)
Premiere recordings unveil Howells’s hidden catalogue [JF]
Prophecy: Tüür, Kõrvits & Vasks (Alpha Classics)
A very fine selection of recent works for a still undervalued instrument by important composers in excellent performances [HC]
Kukal: Symphony 1; Teml: Labyrinth of Memory (Animal Music)
A pair of exciting orchestral works from the Czech Republic forming an interesting meditation on memory [ACG]
Sweet Chance: music for harp, flute & voice (Convivium Records)
An ingeniously constructed recital [DHa]
The Minneapolis Concerts in the 1950s: Newly Discovered Recordings (Antal Doráti Society)
Doráti and the Minneapolis in live concerts with variable music-making but some energising rarities included [JW]
