Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (LSO Live)
A serviceable Pathétique, but not a great one [ST]
Dvořák: String Quartets Volume 5 (cpo)
Fine readings – almost, but not quite, the genuine article [SV]
Kurtág: Fin de Partie (BMC)
The unmissable first recording of Kurtág’s masterpiece [DHa]
Mist on the Moors: The Piano Music of Reginald Redman (Heritage)
Honeybourne unveils Redman’s long‑lost landscapes [JF]
Greenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 6 (Salisbury Records)
An enormously rewarding piano sonata, slightly stymied by an unhelpful written component [PRJ]
Jaëll: Chamber Music (La Boîte à Pépites)
A disc which does the music of Marie Jaëll a signal service [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Chandos)
A highly competent reading which lacks ferocity and excitement at key moments [RMo]
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Artistic insight, poignancy and exciting performance values [RB]
Buxtehude: Vocal Works Vol 4 (Challenge)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding … full of rich, sonorous and decidedly beautiful choral music [MS]
Brahms & Liszt: Piano Sonatas (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating disc from a pianist whose career is most definitely worth following [CC]
Caldara: Forgotten castrato arias (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A bouquet of fine arias by a great yet underestimated composer [JV]
Coleridge: The Breath of Life (Convivium Records)
Melodic, warmly harmonised choral music, expertly performed [JQ]
Bortkiewicz, Ravel, Prokofiev: Piano Concerti (Pentatone)
A fine debut, three very different piano concertos for the left hand commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein [PRJ]
Reich: Electric Counterpoint (REKORD)
Stands both on its own terms and when compared to the best [DC]
Brahms: Symphonies No.2, 4 (Chandos)
A good Fourth and an excellent Second [ST]
Passing Fancy. Beauty in A Moment of Chaos (Avie)
Although the programme lacks stylistic coherence, every piece is well worth hearing and is given what it needs [JV]
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (1823) (C Major)
(Déjà Review) A performance of real stature [ST]
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol 3 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Performances that are light and fleet of finger and foot, instinctive and brilliant [Byz]
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Profil)
Another variant of Bruckner 3, as superbly played and in sound as naturalistic as could be hoped for [RMo]
Aristo Sham (piano): Timeline (Universal Music)
A very impressive début disc from this Van Cliburn winner [RCh]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (1908-09) (Harmonia Mundi)
A notable addition to the discography of Das Lied von der Erde [JQ]
Bittner: String Quartet No 1, 2 (cpo)
Relatively easy on the ear and deserving of a place in the repertoire [DC]
Poulenc: Cello Sonata & Works for Piano (Onyx)
Regardless of where you are on your Poulenc journey, it is a recording you should hear [DJB]
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nimbus)
One to lift the spirits [DC]
