Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 (Decca)
Kanneh-Mason is a real ball of fire in the concerto [SB]
Il fior della Cecilia (Tactus)
The lives of six medieval women who suffered for love, heard through the medium of the Renaissance Frottola composers. [GH]
Gál: Chamber Music (cpo)
Splendid versions of Gál’s very important works [WK]
Chopin: Piano Concertos (Hänssler Classic)
Outstanding live performances of the Chopin concertos [RBe]
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Pletnev: Rachmaniana (Euroarts)
Serviceable Symphonic Dances and an unexciting suite of piano-piece orchestrations [NB]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Pristine Audio)
Not the best we could have expected from Szell [SV]
Shapira: Chunhyang Concerto (Neuma Records)
Korean Folk Music melded with Western compositional techniques [EJW]
Mahler: Symphony 7 (C Major)
A disappointing Mahler’s Seventh [LW]
Carissimi: Oratorios (Atma)
A splendid, atmospheric and technically precise and accurate collection of four of Carissimi’s lovely oratorios [MS]
Leoncavallo: I Medici (Deutsche Grammophon)
An idiomatic, well focused and vigorous performance [JS]
Casals Encores (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Performances with feeling that never degenerate into sentiment [GA]
Hear, O Heav’ns: Chapel Royal Anthems (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) A most enjoyably and intelligently conceived disc [JW]
Copland: Symphony No. 3 (LSO Live)
A fascinating juxtaposition of two American symphonic works [JQ]
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano): A Poet’s Love (BIS)
A very interesting performance of some well-known and some less well-known settings of Heine poems [DJa]
Rediscovering Liszt (Prima Facie)
One of the finest all-Liszt discs I’ve heard in recent years; a unique program concept and personality [MK]
Kiel: Piano Works (Naxos)
Ms. Haughan is a solid advocate for Kiel’s very neglected piano works [JWe]
An American Dream? (Alpha Classics)
A stimulating and highly entertaining programme [JQ]
Chausson: Concert & Poème (Erato)
A charming, accomplished version of Chausson’s unusual chamber work [SB]
Kirnberger: Sinfonias (Hänssler Classic)
Well performed but really one for the curious collector [MC]
Kreutzer & Witt: Septets (MDG)
More of that sumptuous resonance please! [DC]
Antheil: Carnegie Hall Concert of 1927 (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) A must-hear disc for anyone with any kind of passing interest in the development of 20th Century music [NB]
Contemporary flute concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Four contemporary flute works stunningly performed and recorded [WH]
Peter Mattei (baritone): Great Baritone Arias (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A glorious disc! [OL]
Willem van Otterloo (conductor): The Original Recordings 1951-1966 (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) Extraordinarily fine performances of a range of music [CH]
