11 Famous Cathedral Organs – recital (Alto)
Thirteen pieces, eleven cathedral organs, nine organists, one excellent concept [JF]
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 for two pianos (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) This will be compulsory and compulsive listening for admirers of DSCH [PCW]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Voyevoda, Capriccio italien (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Popular and not so well known pieces, excellently played and stunningly recorded [JPh]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 1-9 (RCA)
Over fifty years on, this set is still holding up pretty well, despite a few negligible flaws [RMo]
Mischa Levitzki (piano): Complete HMV Recordings (APR)
This splendid twofer just shouldn’t be missed [SG]
Gershwin: Gershwin Rhapsody (Decca)
The concert platform meets Broadway in this thoroughly enjoyable disc of piano music and songs by Gershwin [PT]
Foucquet: Pièces de Clavecin (Brilliant Classics)
A production every lover of the harpsichord should investigate [JV]
Dukas: Orchestral & Piano Works (Warner Classics)
A go-to Dukas box of outstanding performances – but no texts [JW]
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Orfeo)
(Déjà Review) A collector’s item specifically for opera buffs and Furtwängler fanatics which fills a gap in his recording legacy [AR]
McKay: Violin Concerto and Sinfonietta No 4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully crafted and well-orchestrated works [JPh]
Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Hallé)
Distinguished recordings which surpass the earlier recordings by these performers [JQ]
El cant de la Sibil.la & Draumkvedet (Carpe Diem Records)
A memorable adventure in early music and recording sonics [ZT]
Bruckner: Symphony 3 (Capriccio)
Poschner once more subjects Bruckner’s Third Symphony to unreasonable and unaesthetic haste [RMo]
Stanford: Shamus O’Brien (Retrospect Opera)
A Stanford opera; uneven and unsatisfactory but beautifully presented [JW]
Stainer: The Crucifixion (Delphian)
An ideal performance of this famous old work which should win it new friends [SB]
Handel: The Six Organ Concertos Op. 4 (Avie)
Very imaginative and enthralling interpretations [JV]
Michael Haydn: Requiem, Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae (Hyperion)
Particularly memorable for their fine recording of Michael Haydn’s astonishing Requiem [RH]
Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos (Supraphon)
Attractive though not world-beating recordings of little-remembered Czech Piano Concertos [JW]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain (Warner Classics)
A fine Scheherazade, beautifully played but not necessarily superior to classic versions, and two thrilling Mussorgsky novelties which for me constitute the main interest of this issue [RMo]
Essential Royal Ballet; Pas de Deux (Opus Arte)
A fine starter pack for exploring top-notch live ballet on film [RWe]
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos 3 & 9 (Genuin)
Well played and well recorded but interpretatively rather plain [NB]
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Challenge Classics)
Mettlesome accounts, sometimes less smooth and sophisticated than Herreweghe’s, but a radiant slow movement of No. 2 [MG]
Handel: Deborah (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Tread carefully, and be warned: if you give this modestly-priced issue a miss, you’ll be depriving yourself of some truly wonderful music, expertly executed [PJL]
Rózsa: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 (ASV)
(Déjà Review) A real winner and warmly recommended with the secret hope that ASV will next turn to the String Trio and Piano Quintet [HC]
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