Gina Bachauer: Mercury Masters (Eloquence)
Gina Bachauer’s powerful Mercury legacy, collated in its entirety for the first time in a single box [JW]
Tuma: Te Deum (Supraphon)
A little-remembered Bohemian on the cusp of Classicism [JW]
S:t Sigfrids Officium – Celebrimus karissimi (Sterling)
For those who are interested in ancient liturgical practices, this is a very interesting disc to have [JV]
Donizetti: Signor Gaetano (Pentatone)
A magnificent full-size portrait of a truly great bel canto artist [GF]
Villa-Lobos: String Quartets (Marco Polo)
Performed with an obvious reverence and love [SA]
Akito Tani (piano): In Concert (Exton)
An exciting new talent, and a generous and rewarding disc [SG]
Hjellemo: Orchestral works (Sterling)
Norwegian discoveries from Belgrade [JW]
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (Alpha)
A very good new Tito which marks a new chapter in the development of Nicky Spence as the title character [ST]
Pablo Casals: Philips Legacy (Eloquence)
Late Casals in imperfect recordings, attractively remastered and presented [JW]
Julius Prüwer (conductor) Forgotten maestro (Pristine)
A welcome to a neglected conductor from the early electrical recording period in Berlin [GT]
Fréderick Franssen (horn) (Challenge)
A virtuoso hornist addresses newly discovered Baroque repertoire [SV]
Scriabin: Orchestral (BIS)
Good, solid orchestral performances, very well recorded; the sonata is a welcome bonus [DM]
Vivaldi: Violin Sonatas (Forgotten Records)
Playing of elegance and refinement [SG]
Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures (Sony)
A generous-minded performance somewhat let down by idiosyncratic recording quality [JW]
Lourié: Chamber and Instrumental Music Vol. 1 (Toccata)
A transplanted Russian composer who valued intimate conjunctions and statuesque ritual [JW]
Renée Fleming (soprano) Greatest Moments at the Met (Decca)
These live recordings form a tribute to one of the great voices of the past quarter-century [RMo]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Naxos)
A superlative cast in a crisply modern, but relatively faithful production of a rarely performed opera [MP]
Leoncavallo: Piano Works (Da Vinci Classics)
Melodious salon pieces with some attractive and impish surprises [RCh]
Gregson: Music Vol. 7 (Doyen)
Another volume of Edward Gregson’s brass band music, rewarding and engaging [JF]
Virtuoso Music of the 16th & 17th Century for Cornetto (Arta)
Perfect demonstration of the excitement that the cornett can arouse [JV]
Maria Kliegel (cello) Anniversary Edition (Naxos)
A fine cellist – expression, technical mastery, character all there – but a shame that this is a collection of excerpts [RB]
Mozart: Symphonies (Genuin)
The outer movements of Symphony 41 are splendid; elsewhere Klumpp’s Mozart can be a shade relentless [MG]
Schubert: Schwanengesang (Pentatone)
The final instalment of Bostridge’s Schubert trilogy is a partnership of equals, voice and piano coming together to create something very special [ST]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy Vol. 2 (Eloquence)
Boult’s Deccas handsomely boxed; two Messiahs, Acis and miscellaneous recitals [JW]
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