Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, Petites Esquisses d’Oiseaux (Piano Classics)
A welcome addition to the discography of Messiaen’s masterpiece, but the competition is fierce [PH]
Cécile Chaminade and her contemporaries play Chaminade (APR)
Cécile Chaminade’s 1901 recordings revisited, and a raft of shellac performances of her works by other pianists [JW]
Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos)
All the music is expertly crafted, highly attractive and, in the best sense of the word, entertaining [JQ]
Offenbach: Romantique (Archiv Produktion)
(Déjà Review) A delightful collection, with some lesser-known material [RW]
Mozart: Piano Concerti No.17, 21 (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Tremendous, life-affirming Mozart playing, marking Pollini’s welcome return to this territory [CC]
Weigl: Symphony No 3, Symphonic Prelude (Capriccio)
This may appeal to those interested in the byways of Germanic composition in the early 20th century [EJW]
Schumann: Symphony No 4 & Sibelius: Symphony No 1 (SWR Classic)
Masterly direction in live performances of two disparate symphonies, in which orchestral tone is not always the most opulent, but the spirit is invariably right [RMo]
Busoni: Violin Sonatas (Chandos)
An excellent disc [WK]
Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski (Somm Recordings)
A reissued BBC broadcast, two rehearsal segments in improved sound and a never-before-released BBC interview [JW]
Bach: Musikalisches Opfer (Ricercar)
A really approachable edition of A Musical Offering [JF]
Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Hallé)
The Hallé under Sir Mark Elder demonstrates its special affinity for performing Elgar [MC]
Granados: Goyescas Piano Suite, El Pelele (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) To put it simply, this is the finest recording of music for guitars that I have ever heard [KS]
Roussel: Symphonies Nos 2-4 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) The Cluytens-Prêtre team is formidable and allied to the lesser known, but still ardent, Dervaux you have as incisive a trio of conductors as you could wish at this price range [JW]
De Grigny: Premier Livre d’Orgue (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
De Grigny’s early death deprived future generations of a great deal his genius had to offer [SG]
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Gramola)
Two classic accounts of Mussorgsky’s pictures in both the original version and Ravel’s orchestration [SB]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (The Cleveland Orchestra)
A considered, measured and ultimately satisfying account of the Symphonie fantastique from a legendary orchestra [PH]
Glass: Complete Etudes for piano (Delphian)
Carroll’s poetic playing comes to the fore in the slower pieces [DJB]
British Cello Works Vol 3 (Lyrita)
Further discoveries in the British cello lineage [JW]
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 & Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Janus Classics)
Wholly satisfying performances in beautifully remastered sound featuring a somewhat neglected conductor [RMo]
Handel: Arias (Sony Classical)
Another highly attractive addition to my already impressive collection of present-day mezzos [GF]
Foulds: Dynamic Triptych (Warner Classics)
Sensational, often exhilarating, music, given sensational, sensitive and radiant performances [EML]
While The Night Falls (Levin Studios)
An unusual disc of modern chamber music, but highly approachable [GF]
Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)
An absolute feast of piano recordings that greatly expands our knowledge of a pianist who has been very undeservedly forgotten [RCh]
Mahler: Symphony No 9 (High Definition Tape Transfers and Pristine Audio)
Two highly successful remasterings of a great, highly individual and even idiosyncratic recording – but Pristine take the palm [RMo]
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