Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Pristine Audio)
A classic Barber returns to the catalogue in better sound than ever [ST]
Bruckner: Symphony No.9 (Hänssler Profil)
A swift, driven, thrilling and cohesive live performance of Schaller’s completion of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony [RMo]
Organ Music from the Low Countries (Ricercar)
Foccroulle pairs a thorough knowledge of the 17C organ landscape with an engaging style of playing [JV]
Saxophobia: Celebrating the Sax Craze of the 1920s (Chandos)
Hugely entertaining, backed up by phenomenal technique and rigorous research [NB]
Garrop: Piano Concerto (Cedille)
An impressive recording of a dramatic, modern yet approachable piano concerto [EJW]
Beamish: House of Wonders (Delphian)
A rare glimpse of the personal inspiration behind works by and for one of our leading composers [GH]
Beck: Symphonies (cpo)
Riveting accounts of dramatic early Classical symphonies [CRo]
Grieg: Violin Sonatas (Dynamic)
(Déjà Review) It is hard to imagine a performance that Grieg himself would have liked more than this one [Byz]
Ries: Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas, Vol 5 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The finest possible tribute to Ries’s piano sonatas [Byz]
Benevoli: Missae Angelus Domini & Dum complerentur (Coro)
The glorious conclusion to an important and highly interesting project [JV]
Owen: Songs & Piano Works (Private release)
This disc gives eloquent service in its expansion of Morfydd Owen’s recorded music [JW]
Senfter: Symphonies 1 & 9 (Capriccio)
Defiantly personal scores rooted in the traditions of Germanic music [NB]
JS Bach: The Bach Project: Violin Concertos (Paschen Records)
A delightful hour spent in the company of JSB [DJB]
Reichenauer: Concertos (Supraphon)
Baroque enthusiasts will love this: was Reichenauer the Vivaldi of Prague? [BR]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (Naxos)
A mandatory purchase for anyone interested in superb Mahler and even better sound [DM]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Somm Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Schoenberg’s arrangements present this music in a new light, and these performances are very successful [GA]
Romantic Violin Concertos (Coviello Classics)
(Déjà Review) Quite a discovery [MC]
Marazzoli: Cantatas of Peace and Pleasure (cpo)
A delightful programme of little known 17th century Roman vocal music [CRo]
Fairytale Ballets (Opus Arte)
A box set full of magic [RMay]
Carr: Awakening (Rubicon Recordings)
An accessible, strikingly earnest contemporary work about renewal and the seasons [ACG]
Montserrat Caballé (soprano): Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi: Rarities (RCA)
A classic recording which as a collection represents a repository of all that was best about Caballé’s art [RMo]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 (BIS)
Much to admire in this performance of ‘Lobgesang’ [JQ]
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A disc with that rare “Wow!” factor [JQ]
Constantin Silvestri (conductor): A Bournemouth Love Affair (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Heartfelt exuberance, sensitivity and quicksilver fleetness [NB]
