Rutter: Orchestral Works (Decca)
A different side of John Rutter in authoritative performances [LW]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (BR Klassik)
The symphonic lines are sensitively and eloquently drawn and the orchestral playing is exemplary [TB]
Daugherty: Route 66 (Naxos)
Great fun [NB]
Dusapin: 7 études, Piano Works No.1 (Genuin)
Dusapin’s études are not a match for other recent piano studies [SB]
Cabinet of Curiosities (Warner Classics)
Such an odd mix of music, but somehow it works [DJB]
La Huella de las Cuerdas (The Journey of Strings) (Private release)
A very unique musical experience in stringed instruments [ZT]
Mozart & Schubert: String Quartets (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)
Two accounts that are as fine as any in the catalogue, making a valuable pairing [RMo]
Rameau: Pygmalion & Iso: Zémide (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
A winning first appearance of Pierre Iso’s Zémide on disc, alongside a mellow account of Rameau’s Pygmalion [CRo]
JS Bach: Oboe Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A standard which will be hard to beat [DC]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Shakespeare Overtures Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The music is unfailingly attractive, is colourfully orchestrated and sympathetically played [GH]
Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos (BIS)
Two frequently coupled Romantic violin concertos alongside a real discovery [WH]
The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University (New Focus Recordings)
An intriguing survey of 21st century American orchestral music [PRJ]
Kletzki: The Complete String Quartets (Prelude Classics)
The first complete recording of Paul Kletzki’s string quartets [RB]
Stravinsky: Late Works (Pentatone)
Spiritual revelations in Stravinsky’s late works [DHa]
Zemlinsky: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, etc. (Chandos)
A very successful disc of varied music in excellent performances [JQ]
Oswald: Orchestral Music (Naxos)
So much enjoyment to be gained from these three contrasting works [DJB]
Elgar: Choral Music (SOMM Recordings)
Essential listening if you love Elgar’s choral music [JQ]
Erling Bloch: Pioneering Danish chamber musician (Danacord)
The restored recordings of Erling Bloch – sonata and trio player, quartet leader, eminent teacher and committed exponent [JW]
Handel: Messiah (Pristine Audio)
A grand, classic, sui generis recording of ‘Messiah’ in revitalised sound [RMo]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]
Arnold: Ballet Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A disc that no admirer of Arnold’s music will want to be without [JQ]
Britten: The Beggar’s Opera (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Must now be first choice for this work [MG]
Beethoven &; Fauré: Violin Sonatas (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) This release goes a long way to cementing the Sammons discography [JW]
Boeck: Orchestral Works (Et’cetera)
(Déjà Review) A composer who revelled in the late-romantic style [RB]
