Rózsa: Orchestral Works (cpo)
(Déjà Review) A refreshing collection with excellent interpretations all round [RB]
Golinelli: Two Piano Sonatas (Dynamic)
Early Italian piano sonatas by a composer with a melodic gift and fine sense of drama [RCh]
Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) Teatro Sant’Angelo (Alpha Classics)
A nice mixture of arias by Vivaldi and his less well-known colleagues [JV]
Falla: El amor brujo (Forgotten Records)
Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]
Wonder Women (Erato)
Some surprises here. Strozzi’s works stand out, as does L’Arpeggiata’s playing [DJB]
Manziarly: Chamber Works (BIS)
The troubling art of a pupil of Nadia Boulanger [JW]
Mozart: Piano music (Nonesuch)
(Déjà Review) If you fancy wallowing in a well programmed, superbly recorded concert hall-style recital, you really will enjoy this [TH]
Rosenberg: The Isle of Bliss (Phono Suecia)
(Déjà Review) Highly approachable music … any lover of late-romantic opera will feel at home [GF]
René Benedetti (violin): In Concert (Biddulph)
Suave, stylish, scintillating and virtuosic; René Benedetti in his prime [JW]
Julius Asal (piano): Scriabin & Scarlatti (Deutsche Grammophon)
Imaginatively constructed, probing and a tribute to sensitivity and outstanding musicianship [SG]
Marwan Abado: Longa Vienna (Gramola)
Middle-Eastern songs and instrumental improvisations, vividly recorded and beautifully presented [GH]
Holt: Canto Ostinato (Signum Classics)
A gentle introduction to a masterpiece [PRJ]
Gordon: Mythologies and Mad Songs (Orchid Classics)
Challenging but absorbing contemporary music superbly performed [NB]
Elgar: Symphony No 1 (Decca)
Barenboim imposes his own conception upon this wonderful symphony [RMo]
Nystroem: Sinfonia del Mare (Musica Sveciae)
(Déjà Review) Sea music portrayed in a great fusion of romanticism and modernism [JF]
Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets (Cedille)
(Déjà Review) A suitably warm and wonderfully detailed recording matches insight, imagination and colouristic sensibility [JW]
Until Night Falls (Genuin)
Interesting programming and some evocative pianism [RCh]
Braunstein: Abbey Road Concerto (Alpha Classics)
The Beatles rub shoulders with Delius and RVW’S The Lark [JW]
Beethoven & Dean: Piano Concertos (Orchid Classics)
A refreshing and compelling pairing of two piano concertos [WH]
Sorabji: Toccata Terza (Piano Classics)
A performance of enormous clarity and subtlety [PRJ]
Reicha & Neukomm: Quintets (Brilliant Classics)
Appealing, occasionally quirky Classical quintets [SV]
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Avie)
More than a curio, this Fourth has an appeal and an impact all of its own [CC]
Martinů: Double Concerto (Apex)
Some sound issues, but on a purely artistic level these are pretty compelling performances [TH]
Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 (BR Klassik)
An embarrassing discographical postscript to a distinguished career [NC]
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