In terra aliena: 15th/16th Century Spanish music (Cobra Records)
Something special: the subject, the music it illustrates, and the performance [JV]
Wagner: The Wagner Project (CAvi-Music)
Once again, I find myself questioning the validity and purpose of such arrangements [RMo]
Dean: Rooms of Elsinore (BIS)
Fascinating companion pieces to a stunning opera [PRJ]
Tal, Kaufmann and Rubin: Orchestral Works (Avie)
Three works by unfamiliar composers, with much to commend them [DJB]
Joseph Szigeti (violin): European Columbia Records Volume 2 (Pristine Audio)
An evergreen Beethoven Concerto with delightful encores as a bonus [RMas]
Smetana: Orchestral music (SOMM Ariadne)
George Szell’s Smetana in live American performances [JW]
Farrenc: Chamber music (Naïve)
(Déjà Review) Entices me to seek out more music by this fine and unjustly neglected composer [KS]
Smetana & Schubert: Piano Trios (Supraphon)
Trio Bohémo play with both passion but also precision, they listen to one another and they clearly love this music [SB]
Schurmann: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
Brilliant recordings of wonderfully evocative music [PRJ]
Jakub Józef Orlínski (vocals): #LetsBaRock (Erato)
A highly professional crossover album, that should be attractive to lovers of rock music, but is not quite my cup of tea [GF]
Di Martino: Chamber Works (Da Vinci Classics)
A real discovery, the Cello Sonata is quite exceptional [DJB]
Cazzati: Motets & Sonatas (Pan Classics)
A very good case for a composer who fortunately is on his way to being restored to his rightful place in music history [JV]
Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor (BR Klassik)
A captivating live performance of the Bruckner F minor Mass [MC]
Arnold, Horovitz, Stanford, Finzi: Music for Clarinet and Piano (BIS)
Michael Collins revisits his British repertoire for BIS [JW]
Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix (cpo)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest organ discs I’ve heard in years [JQ]
Alison Balsom (piccolo trumpet) Baroque Concertos (Warner Classics)
Doesn’t take the place of the Maurice André transcriptions in my affections, but still has much to offer [DJB]
Sorabji: Toccata Terza (Piano Classics)
Behind its forbidding walls lies a garden of unexpected delights [DMD]
Bruckner: From the Archives Vol 3 (SOMM Recordings)
A good archive reading of Bruckner’s Third symphony and a more questionable Fourth [JQ]
Erick Friedman (violin) Live in Texas (Rhine Classics)
Live sonata performances from a Heifetz protégé who became his own man [JW]
Carols from Herefordshire (Albion Records)
An ideal Christmas present for enthusiasts of RVW’s folksong transcriptions [JF]
Phibbs: String Quartets Nos 2-4 (Nimbus Records)
Strikingly lyrical ideas that conspire to batter at the heart and the mind [RB]
Thieriot: Chamber Music Vol 3 (Toccata Classics)
A top-notch production, with performances of high order [SG]
Bertali: Valoroso (Mirare)
Highly musical players who manage to imbue each piece with a special improvisatory feeling [JR]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)
One of the finest modern Bruckner 7 recordings available today [KC]
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