Recording British Music (Vocalion Books)
The immense contribution to British Music made by a ‘librarian-hobbyist’ [JW]
Elgar: Enigma Variations (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) Certainly an item to add to your collection, both for the visuals and the splendid performance [KS]
Chavez: Complete Symphonies (Vox)
(Déjà Review) An impressive clutch of serious and vigorously-driven symphonies from Mexico resoundingly recorded [RB]
Florian Noack (piano) I Wanna Be Like You – The Piano Transcriptions (La Dolce Volta)
A hugely enjoyable celebration of the piano from this supremely gifted pianist [RCh]
Urlicht – Songs of Death and Resurrection (Harmonia Mundi)
The singing is masterly, the playing of the orchestra excellent and the recording first class [GF]
Strauss: Capriccio (Orfeo)
A good but hardly distinguished production, in terms of both performance and sound [RMo]
Eichner: Symphonies (cpo)
Vibrant first appearance on disc of 18th century symphonies by Eichner [CRo]
M Haydn: Kaiser Constantin I. Feldzug & Sieg (Accent)
This oratorio should refute suggestions that Michael Haydn was a mediocre composer [JV]
Barber: Concertos (RCA)
Seventy-nine minutes’ worth of pure musical pleasure [GPJ]
Beethoven & Brahms: Symphonies (RCO Live)
One of the finest orchestral discs to have come my way for a very long time [JQ]
Brahms by Arrangement, Volume 2 (Toccata Classics)
Skilful, sympathetic orchestrations which are definitely worth hearing, especially by those who love the music of Brahms [JQ]
A fiddler’s last journey: Songs by Dan Andersson (Sterling)
A worthy conclusion to a valuable series of Swedish song classics [GF]
Soundscape (Steinway & Sons)
An intriguing start to a new Steinway venture [PRJ]
Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites (Signum Classics)
This release deserves a place in any collection of keyboard recordings [JV]
Left Hand Legacy Vol 2: Chamber music written for Paul Wittgenstein (Cobra Records)
Fine playing of distinctive music [WK]
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande and Five Orchestral Pieces (ABC Classics)
(Déjà Review) A magnificent disc showing both the route that Schoenberg did not take, and, triumphantly, the one that he did [DBi]
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies and Selected Orchestral Works (EMI Classics)
(Déjà Review) One of the greatest symphonic cycles under a conductor who shows a deep understanding and profound identification with it [CH]
Schmidt: Symphony 4 & The Book with Seven Seals (Somm Recordings)
Two notable archive recordings in excellent transfers to mark Schmidt’s 150th anniversary [JQ]
Damase: Orchestral Works v2 (Dutton)
Superbly performed concertante music by a French neo-classical conservative [NB]
Wilhelm Grosz (conductor) 1933: Les Chefs proscrits (Forgotten Records)
The protean but short-lived Wilhelm Grosz in popular fare from Weimar Berlin [JW]
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Pristine Audio)
A deeply touching Butterfly and a thrilling Pinkerton who are all the more striking in Pristine’s vivid remastering [RMo]
Korngold: A Portrait for Piano (TRPTK)
This homage is a gem for admirers of Korngold’s music [GF]
20th Century Works for Flute and Orchestra (Centaur)
(Déjà Review) A delightful anthology … tunefulness and brevity [HC]
Debussy & Mozart: Songs (ECM)
(Déjà Review) Banse’s subtle, dark-toned soprano is ideal for this material [TH]
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