Parry & Elgar: Choral works (Signum Classics)
Committed performances of interesting and rare choral works [NB]
Fusions: Kapustin, Gershwin & Wild (SOMM)
Jazz‑charged virtuosity meets classical brilliance [JF]
Ravel: The Complete Works for Solo Piano Vol 2 (Avie)
Buy this for Larderet, rather than the two new adaptations, or the ‘Complete’ tag [SGa]
Riley: The Holy Liftoff (Sono Luminus)
Minimalism at its most profound; a beautiful, spiritual listening experience [ACG]
Mitropoulos conducts Mahler (Music and Arts)
(Déjà Review) An important and challenging set that deserves a place in any self-respecting Mahler collection [JQ]
Piatti: Caprices for Cello (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A real treat for fans of the cello: solo works imaginatively written and impeccably played [BR]
Brahms: Complete Clarinet Works (Sono Luminus)
For a few quiet moments of autumnal reflection, coupled with fine, resonant and sensitive playing, look no further [SGa]
Dodgson: Songs Vol. 3 (SOMM Recordings)
More Dodgson songs, some weighty, some less so, all superb, from Somm [WH]
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (C Major)
A rehearsal-room Così fan tutte that doesn’t ignite [DHa]
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Philips)
One of the best in a limited field [SW]
Saxophobia: Celebrating the saxophone craze of the 1920s (Chandos)
A fun disc for lovers of the saxophone or the 1920s [SB]
Orff: Carmina Burana (Pentatone)
An individual vision that doesn’t quite come off [DJB]
Duruflé: Messe Cum Jubilo (Psalmus)
Duruflé’s sacred masterpiece, restored in context [JF]
Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets (Signum Classics)
Lyric rhapsody, looping modernity, dazzling bravura [JF]
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 (Gramola)
Ballot’s somewhat pacier re-make of the Ninth combines grandeur with a certain deliberateness, while the finale fragments provide scholarly interest [RMo]
Royer: Harpsichord Works (Ambroise)
(Déjà Review) Works, varying from tender to tumultuous, are given brilliant performances on a splendid historical harpsichord [JV]
Plácido Domingo – The First Recital (Warner Classics)
Déjà Review) Open-toned, virile and expressive singing [RJF]
Bach: Water Through Ice (Diversions)
Crudely played and recorded, this simply cannot be recommended [RMo]
Liszt: Harmonies du soir (Decca)
(Déjà Review) An absolutely superlative recital [RBe]
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Sheer vitality and excitement [GH]
Borrett: Interlude, Rebellion, Then (Signum Classics)
Lyrical works that follow in the long tradition of British string music [DJB]
Chimera (Urlicht)
An enriching and engaging album of improvised music led by the quixotic and brilliant Iva Bittová [JW]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Pristine Audio)
This reissue may still have sound issues, but Amy Shuard’s performance alone makes it a worthy addition to anyone’s collection [SGa]
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians, Double Sextet, Radio Rewrite (Harmonia Mundi)
Second time around, but still just as good [DC]
