Aho: Guitar Concerto & Horn Quintet (BIS)
A worthy addition to BIS’s monumental Aho edition [RHa]
1927-1929: Orchestral Works by Jewish Composers (Rondeau Production)
The playing and recording is impactful; this is an easy disc to enjoy [JW]
Sutton: Orchestral works (Chandos)
A refreshing dose of new music in that much-loved English tradition [DC]
Lecuona: Piano Music (Fuga Libera)
An engaging and varied recital of Lecuona’s colourful piano music [RCh]
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; Dvořák: Cello Concerto (Orchid Classics)
Crawford plays splendidly but spotlighting him disadvantages the orchestra [MG]
Verdi: Noble Renegades – recital (Delos)
Sound, solid singing does not compensate for a lack of tonal variety, elegance and refinement [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No 5 (Profil)
(Déjà Review) Magnificent playing in a galvanising performance [TB]
Geminiani: Violin Sonatas op.5 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Played with delicacy, sensitivity and warmth by three dedicated experts [MS]
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]
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