Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano): Origins (Naïve)
A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]
Mozart: String Quartet & Quintet (Aeon)
The coupling might seem offbeat, but this is exemplary Mozart playing, well worth hearing [DBa]
Lloyd: The Piano Works (Lyrita)
George Lloyd’s piano works grouped together and reissued in a ‘Signature Edition’ twofer [JW]
Kralik von Meyrswalden: Chamber Works (Hänssler Classic)
A better second impression of the Trio but the Nonet is the star here [DJB]
Handel: Total Eclipse (SOMM Recordings)
The best of Handel in instrumental arrangements [JV]
Bliss: Works for Brass Band (Chandos)
This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]
Broadstock: Symphonies Nos 1-5 (Et’cetera)
(Déjà Review) This set represents a magnificent, vividly living and very emotional achievement which I urge you to hear [RB]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) This performance is forever recommended, especially in this transfer [CC]
Pizzetti: Requiem (Dynamic)
The Pizzetti Requiem is a ravishingly beautiful work and this is a lovely performance [SB]
Bosso: Brothers (Da Vinci Classics)
An odd, somewhat awkward mix of the moving and the meandering [DJB]
Lou: Near Distant (Kairos)
Three and a half hours of challenging new music, most of which deserves further investigation [RH]
Stuyvesant String Quartet: In Concert at the Library of Congress (Bridge Records)
A splendid American string quartet caught on the wing in concert in 1946 [JW]
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Chamber works (Chandos)
Assured playing, let down by the recording [SV]
Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations (Reference Recordings)
A fitting valedictory to a long partnership between orchestra and conductor [NC]
Berlioz: Te Deum (Profil)
Sir Colin’s performance of the Te Deum is a hugely impressive account of a great pièce d’occasion [JQ]
Butler: American Rounds (NMC)
One of the loveliest discs I have heard recently [HC]
Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades (Ondine)
Rewarding recent works by the Finnish master [SB]
Holmboe: String Quartets Nos 4, 5 & 16 (Dacapo)
A third Dacapo cycle of Holmboe’s string quartets repay close listening [JW]
Franchetti and Wolf-Ferrari: Symphony & Sinfonia da camera (Naxos)
Music of promise, well performed [NB]
Baron: Music for Lute Solo & Lute and Recorder (Brilliant Classics)
It is good to have a disc entirely devoted to the music of Ernst Gottlieb Baron, but my welcome for this disc comes with a few reservations [GPu]
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 3-5 (Pristine Audio)
Pristine offers three great Bruckner recordings from Kna in a handy, sound-enhanced set [RMo]
Thomas Pitfield, His Friends and Contemporaries (Divine Art)
An appropriately inspired selection of works that illustrate brilliant compositional skills [SA]
Turnage: Orchestral Collection (Decca)
One of the most individual voices in British contemporary music [CT]
Korngold and Marx: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
Exciting compositions, sumptuously played by Hamelin and the BBC Scottish Orchestra. The Marx work is a real find and the recording companies should explore his music further [GL]
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