Wagner: Siegfried (Profil)
Superlative singing whose impact is somewhat compromised by the disappointingly cavernous mono sound [RMo]
Ariosti: The Stockholm Sonatas II (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Highly attractive [DC]
Williams: Reimagined (Warner Classics)
For chamber music lovers and admirers of John Williams alike, this should be fascinating [GF]
Stravinsky: Orchestral works (SWR Classic)
Middle and late-period Stravinsky, performed with life-affirming zest [NC]
Bacevičius: Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Naxos)
Find out more about a little-known but significant figure in Lithuanian twentieth-century music [GH]
Dittersdorf: Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphoses (cpo)
Charming works from the time of Haydn and Mozart [SB]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)
A magnificent performance, caught In astonishingly vivid sound, supplemented by an exotic and appealing new work [RMo]
Zandonai: Violin Concerto, Quadri di Segantini (cpo)
Colourful nationalist music atmospherically presented and standing in the lineage of Dvorak and Respighi [RB]
Saint-Saëns: Organ Works (Capriccio)
Saint-Saëns enthusiasts should not hesitate to add this attractive disc to their collections [DBi]
Liszt: Unrivalled (Odradek)
The recital, sampling Liszt’s vast piano solo output, does justice to the varied styles [RWe]
Bach: Organ works completed by Lorenzo Ghielmi (Passacaille)
Indispensable for lovers of Bach’s organ music [JV]
Sheehan: Akathist (Bright Shiny Things)
A deeply felt, very beautiful work which should bring hope to the world of today [GF]
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3, Piano Sonata No 7 (Orchid Classics)
Goodyear surges through the concerti with headlong energy, but look elsewhere for abandon in the sonata [NC]
Brouwer: Rhapsodies (Naxos)
Marin Alsop is unbeatable in this type of repertoire [PRJ]
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1-9 (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) A masterly and visionary cycle offered at a ridiculously low price [NH]
Leifs: Baldr (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Tough, tonal, uncompromising music, rhythmically emphatic, not without melodic softness, hewn out of granite and adversity [RB]
Alexander Brailowsky (piano) Live Concert Performances in Europe (Meloclassic)
Playing that leaves you gasping, mostly in astonishment but occasionally in frustration [RCh]
Weinberg: String Quartets Nos 6, 13 & 15, Vol. 4 (Chandos)
Stand-out performances [SA]
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Forgotten Records)
A performance of exquisite refinement [SG]
Paganini: Violin Concerto No 2 & 24 Caprices (Rhine Classics)
A Romanian Paganini specialist whose career trailed away [JW]
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos 1-3 & 7-9 (NCPA Classics)
Bruckner from Beijing – I am transported by the beauty, conviction and coherence of the playing here [RMo]
Mantovani By Special Request Vol. 2 (Guild)
A fascinating disc as it gives us an opportunity to appreciate the wider aspects of Mantovani’s art [RH]
Christine Brewer (soprano) Great Operatic Arias (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Chandos’s faith in Brewer has been justified, completely and utterly [CC]
Finger Prints (EM Records)
Entertaining music played with affection and skill [NB]
