Heise: Complete String Quartets (Dacapo)
I was totally unprepared for how good these six quartets are [DJB]
Rota: Symphony No 3, Concerto soirée (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Quirkily entertaining, here is Rota the clown on display with effervescent lampooning music [IL]
Nielsen: The Symphonies (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A compelling box, offering a Nielsen cycle of uncommon distinction and authority in superb sound [JQ]
Beethoven: Late Piano Sonatas (BIS)
Enthralling late Beethoven from Paul Wee [DHa]
Mahler: Symphony 1 & Wagner: Orchestral excerpts (Le Palais Des Dégustateurs)
All the same things we didn’t like the first time(s) around [SV]
Nielsen: Symphonies, Overtures & Concertos (Warner Classics)
A valuable collection of newly remastered recordings [JQ]
P Glass: Hourglass (Naïve)
Two glorious and inter-connected scores in very fine performances [DJB]
Negri: Le Gratie d’Amore (Dynamic)
If you are interested in early dance this disc is not to be missed [JV]
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol 5 (Hyperion)
A superb set – beautiful songs, exquisitely sung and well-communicated [EML]
Echoes of Edinburgh – Traditional and Baroque Music of Scotland (Pan Classics)
A very enjoyable and entertaining disc [JV]
Respighi: Sinfonia drammatica (Ondine)
A splendid new recording of Respighi’s early Sinfonia [EJW]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 2 & 5 (Chandos)
A fine addition to the Storgårds/BBC Philharmonic Shostakovich symphony cycle [WH]
Howells: Partsongs (SOMM Recordings)
A valuable collection of first recordings reveal Howells the skilled miniaturist [NB]
Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge & Green (NMC)
(Déjà Review) Three magnificent works, superbly performed and recorded [WH]
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Oehms Classics)
(Déjà Review) An impressive interpretation of this extroverted work in a festival-quality performance [JZ]
Rachmaninov: Aleko (Chandos)
Déjà Review) Noseda conducts intelligently, sensitively, with full structural awareness of the dramatic trajectory [CC]
Player Piano 10 (MDG)
(Déjà Review) Another terrific instalment [DC]
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 3 (Appassionato)
The first of a projected cycle of live recordings, made to a high standard [EJW]
Handel: Orlando (Erato)
Not perhaps one of Handel’s greatest operas but still much to enjoy and as well performed as one could wish [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (LPO)
A very distinguished account of Mahler’s Ninth [JQ]
Bach: Organ Landscapes X (Berlin Classics)
Bach’s legacy: From Romanticism to clarity [JF]
Italophilia. Discovering the Italian Style in Handel’s London (Challenge Classics)
An enjoyable disc, although the programme could have been more adventurous [JV]
Owen: Songs and Piano Works (Private release)
An excellent introduction to the music of Morfydd Owen [JQ]
Nielsen: The Ultimate Solo Piano Music Collection (OUR Recordings)
The most extensive survey to date justifies itself mainly by the excellence of the playing [NB]
