Dvořák: Symphonies No.7-9; Janáček: Taras Bulba (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)
Performances from the 1980s full of febrile personality [JW]
R Strauss: Salome, Elektra (Pristine Audio)
Two iconic Met recordings newly revitalised in Ambient Stereo, something of a bargain [RMo]
Johann Strauss II: Waldmeister (cpo)
An enthusiastic cast is featured in the first recording of Strauss’s final operetta [MP]
Dual Attractor (ABC Classics)
A very fine programme of new pieces by a wide-ranging group of living composers [DC]
L’entropia (Glossa)
A demonstration of the stylus phantasticus at its very best [JV]
Grainger: Complete Piano Music (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) What a splendid undertaking [JW]
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest recordings of these Mahler songs by today’s leading interpreter of these works [KM]
Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
Effortlessly impressive performances typify another fine Albion release [NB]
Koessler: Symphony in B, Concerto for Violin (cpo)
More Romantic discoveries from a little-remembered German [JW]
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (ATMA Classique)
Broad and relaxed, clearly articulated but without the contrasting fire and anguish of the best version [RMo]
Kashperova: Piano Concerto, Symphony in B (Capriccio)
A truly unjustly neglected composer, who deserves much greater attention [EJW]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’ (BIS)
Suzuki finds Lobgesang as hard a nut to crack as those who have tried before him [DJB]
Chopin: Piano Works (SOMM)
An outstanding recital [RBe]
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (C Major)
Some good singing in this bel canto gem; pity about the pathetic set and non-production [RJF]
Martucci: (Da Vinci Classics)
A mixed bag, but the Quintet has definite merits [DJB]
Chopin: 4 Ballades & Scherzo (Deutsche Grammophon)
Electrifying pianism from a poetic genius of the instrument [PH]
Franco Corelli (tenor): The Alternative Repertoire (Urania Records)
A marvellous reminder of one of the best voices on record [DJa]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde & Vaughan Willams: Fantasia (Pristine Audio)
The frequent coughing and only intermittently satisfactory soloists make this a bit of a trial [RMo]
Lechner: Of Death and Resurrection (Coviello)
A recording of Lechner’s music is very welcome, but the performance practice is debatable [JV]
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Nebolsin is the real thing, a genuine virtuoso who can interpret Chopin with imagination and style [RC]
Giordano: Fedora (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Domingo adds this Loris to his studio recorded audio legacy [RJF]
Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins (BIS)
Excellent performances, sung in English, so particularly interesting [SB]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Hänssler Classic)
A dark horse account of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony to rival any other [RMo]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Elgar: Falstaff (Harmonia Mundi)
Very good performances of an unexpected coupling [JQ]
