Fritz Busch (conductor) (Guild)
(Déjà Review) A welcome addition to Guild’s Fritz Busch series [BBr]
Vaughan Williams: Chamber Works (Resonus)
Attractive rarities, including an unstoppable performance of the Old 104th Fantasia [EJW]
Sutermeister: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Toccata Classics)
First recordings of impressive song cycles, authoritatively performed [NB]
Janáček, Brahms, Bartók: Violin Sonatas (Alpha)
A varied program by performers who are clearly at one about the music [LP]
Mozart in Milan (Arcana)
An engaging new performance of Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, plus works to set it in context [DF]
Holmboe: String Quartets Vol. 2 (Dacapo)
These glowing performances testify that Holmboe is a leading figure in twentieth-century music [GH]
Camilla Nylund (soprano) The Great American Songbook (Naxos)
Fine selections from The Great American Songbook [BMC]
Raff: Cello Concerti (Tudor)
(Déjà Review) Fine performances of lyrical, romantic works [PCW]
Beethoven: Missa solemnis (Testament)
(Déjà Review) Another historical package that really sweeps the board [GFe]
Christian Ferras (violin): à la mémoire d’un ange (Rhine Classics)
A violinist who represented the very best attributes of the Franco-Belgian School [SG]
Mozart: Requiem (Rondeau)
A vivacious, thoroughly enjoyable, smaller-scale “period” account of Mozart’s inspired but incomplete liturgical masterpiece [RMo]
Raff: Chamber Music Vol. 3 (MDG)
Joachim Raff’s chamber music is finally getting its due [LP]
Emil Reesen (conductor) The Art of (Danacord)
Reesen conducts miscellaneous lighter material including the first Danish orchestral records [JW]
Rubbra: The Jade Mountain (Chandos)
Rubbra’s overlooked songs recorded in sympathetic performances [JW]
Marina Rebeka (soprano) Voyage (Prima Classic)
An attractive programme of songs by French composers [MC]
Mackenzie: Violin Concerto & Pibroch Suite (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Full of pleasing musical quality with continually attractive melodic invention [VB]
Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalisticum (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Finally we have a great recording of this spellbinding piece [GF]
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (PHI)
A rewarding version of Beethoven’s only oratorio [SB]
Dvořák: Symphony 6 (Sony)
An affectionately played trio of works by Dvořák at his most typically exuberant [RMo]
Franck: Piano Rarities (Grand Piano)
Interesting transcriptions but the drama here is far too restrained [RCh]
Chants nostalgiques (B Records)
A well programmed and well performed recital of French song from La Belle Époque [NB]
More than a dull ripieno! (Da Vinci Classics)
A most enjoyable disc, to which one may return regularly [JV]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 5 (SOMM)
Sometimes monumental, sometimes impish, invariably engaging [MG]
Handel: Giulio Cesare (Harmonia Mundi)
Probably the best DVD version and one of the best in any format [BW]
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