The Peter Jacobs Anthology Volume 2 (Heritage)
More unsung British piano music [JF]
Handel: Lotario (Naxos)
A thoroughly enjoyable, very well sung and played – if rather small-scale – performance of a neglected Handel opera [RMo]
Büttner: Symphony No.2 (cpo)
A semi-forgotten German symphonist does not really convince [JW]
Can Çakmur (piano): Schubert+ Volume 4 (BIS)
Luminous and insightful, supple and fluid playing, crisp and clear sound [SA]
Beethoven: Piano Concerti, Choral Fantasia (Warner Classics)
A justly famous collection of performances; this latest remastering serves it well [JQ]
Schubert: Trout Quintet (Berlin Classics)
(Déjà Review) Very satisfying, centred and gracious [RB]
Weber: Overtures (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Delicate contrasts of mood and bright clear recording [RW]
Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas (Hallé)
These CDs launch the partnership between the Hallé and Kahchun Wong most impressively [JQ]
Martin Cousin (piano): Fantasias for piano (Convivium Records)
An interesting and well-planned programme superbly performed and sympathetically recorded [NB]
Minkus: Don Quixote (Opus Arte)
A delightfully Spanish cornucopia of exuberant dances with an appealing cast and showing the Royal Ballet Company in top form [MP]
The Music of Malcolm Arnold (Orchid Classics)
A wonderful CD that fills some important gaps in the Arnold repertoire [KT]
What plaintive melodies are these? (Oboe Classics)
Warmth as well as veiled melancholy in previously unrecorded British songs for oboe and voice [JW]
Copland: Orchestral Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) In all respects, recommended without a moment’s hesitation [KS]
Schnittke: Concerti Grossi Nos 1 & 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A real feeling of being the definitive article [TH]
British Cello Works – Vol 3 (Lyrita)
Four fine cello sonatas, played with obvious skill and enthusiasm [JF]
Palmgren: Complete Piano Works 8 (Grand Piano)
More treasures in this latest unearthing of Palmgren’s unjustly neglected piano music [RCh]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Chandos)
A more intimate, lower-key account which for me fails to stir the blood [RMo]
Steffani: Psalmodia Vespertina, Stabat Mater (Arcantus)
Steffani’s expressive powers displayed in full glory [JV]
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide (Alpha Classics)
A very fine new account of a neglected great opera [RWe]
Martin: Tripytchon (ECM)
An extremely high quality product which deserves recognition [CR]
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Warner Classics)
Soggy tempos and slack pacing entirely fail to convince [RH]
Arc III: Brahms and Schubert piano works (First Hand Records)
The way Orion Weiss plays reflects his love of the works he has chosen [SA]
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Debussy & Rachmaninov (ICA Classics)
A formidable Soviet conductor with legendary technique directs three London orchestras in music from Russia and France [PH]
Saint-Saëns: Music for Two Pianos (Somm Recordings)
A well-filled disc of two piano delights [PRJ]
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