Mercadante: Flute Quartets Vol. 1 (Dynamic)
Nice music, good flutist, so-so strings [SV]
Sauer & Ansorge: Piano Concertos (Capriccio)
Two German contemporaries and their very different approaches to the piano concerto [JW]
A Parisian in Paris: Contemporary Works for Guitar (Naxos)
An entertaining conspectus of contemporary guitar music from the French capital, all well played and recorded [GPu]
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor) Mravinsky in Helsinki (Janus Classics)
A headless Shostakovich symphony makes for a dispiriting experience [DHa]
Scheherazade: Rimsky-Korsakov & Bortkiewicz (Danacord)
These two works are ideal companions and Hirose is fervent in her brilliant playing of them [RCh]
Two Violas • Regeneration (Meridian)
Another well-constructed and well-played recital in Mallinson and Weisner’s series [WK]
Delectatio Angeli: Music of love, longing and lament (Hyperion)
I enjoyed practically everything that this disc offered with the Dufay being the star [GH]
Shostakovich: Symphony 8 (BIS)
An interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing. [SA]
Fauré: Orchestral Works (Naxos)
This fine disc whets the appetite for further volumes on the centenary of Fauré’s death [LW]
Elgar: Boult’s forgotten recordings (SOMM)
Boult’s stature as the leading Elgarian reaffirmed in spoken word and musical deed [NB]
Gounod: Romeó et Juliette (Pristine Audio)
This issue must now be the top recommendation for this classic historic performance [GF]
Dances for Orchestra (Alto)
This budget priced album is a great introduction to the dances by many of the better-known British composers [KT]
Łukaszewski: Musica Profana 4 (DUX)
The perfect introduction to a composer who not only writes beautiful music but also tugs on the heartstrings [SA]
Antheil: Venus in Africa (cpo)
A late satiric opera by Antheil, splendidly realised, devoid of Bad Boy but not devoid of spice and wit [JW]
Fauré: The Complete Songs Volume 1 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) No lover of song should be without this one [KS]
Glass: Symphonies 2 and 3 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Now we know what a minimalist symphony can be [HC]
Coral: Aurora Borealis (Tempus Clasico)
Sonic and structural explorations from a leading Mexican composer [JW]
Osgood: Stabat Mater (Convivium)
This pleasant setting may interest choirs looking for a new(ish) work [EJW]
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (LSO Live)
As fine a modern, live account of this most pictorial of ballets as you could wish [RMo]
Hailstork: Chamber works (Navona)
Two affecting works by an African-American master [PRJ]
Wyner: Chamber works (Naxos)
A deconstruction of traditional Jewish music via modern compositional techniques and perspectives, giving it new life [JFl]
Dreames & Imaginations (TYXart)
Lovely singing and playing, with a special role for the lyra viol [JV]
Bartók: Piano Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A splendid release that is self-commending [HC]
Donizetti: Francesca di Foix (Opera Rara)
(Déjà Review) All lovers of the bel canto genre will want to add this well-packaged and presented performance to their collection [RJF]
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