Mattheson: Boris Goudenow (CPO)
A long hidden operatic version of Boris Godunov gets its first recording with a respectable cast of young performers [MP]
Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)
Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]
Krommer: Clarinet works (Brilliant)
The Quartet comes off better than the Quintet [SV]
Bach-Abel Society (Mirare)
A very entertaining disc, which gives a good impression of what may have been performed at the Bach-Abel concerts [JV]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Recursive)
This group quite surpasses its amateur status: a very good account of a demanding score [RWe]
Nancarrow: Complete studies for player piano (MDG)
Surely the definitive version of these intruiging and influential studies ]SB]
Ravel: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Danacord)
The second of three volumes, of great interest to all Ravelians [JF]
Machaut: Remede de fortune (Blue Heron)
A rare chance to understand Machaut’s magnum opus in a wonderfully presented and performed version [GH]
Arnold: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
A superb overview of Arnold’s music from light to dark with a definitive concerto performance [NB]
Hina Spani (soprano) Complete Recordings (Marston)
The complete recorded output of a great but neglected soprano – with a fine bonus [RMo]
Sergio Fiorentino (piano) Early Live and Unissued Takes (Rhine)
A live concerto flanked by other rare material shows the breadth of Fiorentino’s talent [JW]
Sir Adrian Boult: BBC SO Pre-war Vol. 1 (Pristine)
An very fine release of Boult’s early recordings of Bach and Viennese masters [GT]
Yvonne Lefébure (piano) Inédits 5 (Solstice)
The final Solstice salute to a great piano stylist [JW]
Glass: Mad Rush (IBS)
No Glass recital is likely to ever match that of Vikingur Ólafsson, but this one is a good one nevertheless [DJB]
Musikalische Perlen (Ars Production)
A delectable recital of music off the beaten track [GF]
Handel: Theodora (Erato)
An extrovert reading of Theodora but one short of consolation [JW]
Reed: String Quartets (MPR)
Attractive music, English through and through [SG]
Prokofiev: Symphony & Suites (RCA)
Bland interpretations further compromised by compressed digital sound – stick to classic, vintage accounts [RMo]
Martinů: Cello Sonatas (Pentatone)
A warmly sympathetic duo rates highly in Martinů Cello Sonatas [JW]
Verdi: Aïda (Pristine)
Pristine illuminates afresh a vintage account of a perennial favourite, always very listenable but now even better [RMo]
McClelland: Where The Shadow Glides (Naxos)
A splendid collection of music inspired by poetry [BMC]
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings (BIS)
A wholly successful compilation of deeply melancholy and Romantic melodies for those with a sweet tooth [RMo]
Sivelöv: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (Naxos)
Stimulating and imaginative scores, painted in vivid colour [SG]
Vikingur Ólafsson (piano) From Afar (DG)
A very personal programme which has divided opinions, but does have much to commend it [DJB]
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