Howells: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Naxos)
An important survey played with skill, insight and care [NB]
Farrenc: Piano Works Vol. 1 (Grand Piano)
Marvellous playing here highlighting the splendid writing of this neglected composer [RCh]
Cooke: Organ Music (Toccata)
An absorbing exploration of most of Arnold Cooke’s organ music [JF]
Boult (conductor) Decca Legacy Vol. 3 (Eloquence)
Boult the accompanist and symphonic conductor straddling the mono/stereo divide [JW]
Hedges: Kingston Sketches (Naxos)
Another enjoyable reissue in the Naxos series of British light music [PCG]
20th C British Cello Sonatas (Lyrita)
Handy and Hughes stride forth in their latest volume of British cello sonatas
[JW]
Fritz Kreisler: Bell Telephone Vol. 3 (Biddulph)
Kreisler’s 1945-50 radio broadcasts continue with a consistently good selection [JW]
Sharon Bezaly (flute) Synergy (BIS)
Creative programming; superior renditions [ZT]
Vaughan Williams: Extravaganza (Pristine)
Enlightening recordings by Boult of Vaughan Williams’ folk song suites and dance music [GT]
The Brahms Connection (Quartz)
Stunning recorded sound, superlative performances of rare repertoire- an absolute winner! [DMD]
Dreyer: Sacred Music (Brilliant)
Dreyer’s works are well worth the efforts to save them from the effects of a flood [JV]
Hand: Collection (Prima Facie)
A great introduction to the composer’s oeuvre [JF]
Brahms and Berg: Violin Concertos (Ondine)
Masterly performances of two major concertos by a violinist at the height of his powers with superb and sympathetic orchestral playing in support [SB]
Enescu: The Unknown Enescu Vol. 2 (Toccata)
Restored Enescu reveals his versatility and variety in fine performances [JW]
Corelli: Concerti Grossi (Alto)
Vital, elegant, discreetly period accounts of some delightful music but also some short on originality or inspiration [RMo]
Mattheson: Boris Goudenow (CPO)
A long hidden operatic version of Boris Godunov gets its first recording with a respectable cast of young performers [MP]
Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)
Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]
Krommer: Clarinet works (Brilliant)
The Quartet comes off better than the Quintet [SV]
Bach-Abel Society (Mirare)
A very entertaining disc, which gives a good impression of what may have been performed at the Bach-Abel concerts [JV]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Recursive)
This group quite surpasses its amateur status: a very good account of a demanding score [RWe]
Nancarrow: Complete studies for player piano (MDG)
Surely the definitive version of these intruiging and influential studies ]SB]
Ravel: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Danacord)
The second of three volumes, of great interest to all Ravelians [JF]
Machaut: Remede de fortune (Blue Heron)
A rare chance to understand Machaut’s magnum opus in a wonderfully presented and performed version [GH]
Arnold: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
A superb overview of Arnold’s music from light to dark with a definitive concerto performance [NB]
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