Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (Naxos)
A fine effort which succeeds on almost every level [MP]
Elgar: From the Archives, Vol 5 (SOMM)
A very interesting addition to the ‘Elgar from the Archives’ series [JQ]
Bossi: Musiche per pianoforte (Tactus)
Piano music by a composer more familiar as an organist [RCh]
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Always good and sometimes very good performances [MG]
Gál & Schumann: Symphony No. 3 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Gál’s Third Symphony takes a welcome bow after some six decades [RB]
Rautavaara: Orchestral Music (Ondine)
(Déjà Review) Deserving of a lasting place in contemporary repertoire [DC]
Mozart & Mayr: Choral Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Whether the Mass is by Mozart or not – and which Mozart? – this recording deserves a strong recommendation [BW]
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2 and 5 (Linn)
Marvellous performances of two marvellous concertos [ST]
Bach: French Suites (Gramola)
A very solid choice for Bach’s French Suites on harpsichord [DC]
Mayer: String Quartets Vol 2 (cpo)
Rewarding quartets in the early Romantic idiom [SB]
Kleiberg: Orchestral Works (LAWO Classics)
An excellent orchestral colourist in three serious, contemplative works. [ACG]
Couperin: Pièces de violes avec la basse chiffrée (Challenge Classics)
Excellent in every way [DC]
Britten: Albert Herring (Pristine Audio)
An enjoyable trip back in time to the American premiere [MP]
Mozart: Gran Partita; Cannabich: Sinfonia concertante (BR Klassik)
Admirers of the Gran Partita should not hesitate to hear Gleißner’s outstanding orchestral arrangement [MC]
Foote: The Complete Cello Works (Delos)
A forgotten concerto headlines this very enjoyable and valuable recording [DJB]
Glière: The Orchestral Collection (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Done with Chandos style … elite results … voluptuously lyrical and vividly imagined [RB]
Donizetti: Marino Faliero (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A rare outing for this fine score receives a good performance [JZ]
Haydn: String Quartets (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Authentic, and very easy to recommend [DC]
Delius: Collection of Rare Historic Recordings (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) Dedicated Delians will need to get this disc of rarities [RB]
Brahms & Mandyczewski: Songs (Alpha Classics)
Mandyczewski’s songs are worth discovering, but Brahms’s have been performed better [ST]
Presumed Beethoven (Arcana)
Six delightful quartets, but who was their composer? [DC]
Toward the Sea: Piazolla, Ogonek & Takemitsu (Orchid Classics)
Some melodious, highly approachable music, and some more wispily amorphous, all beautifully played and recorded [RMo]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances (Pentatone)
Undeniable masterworks, though there are superior recordings [MC]
Handel: Messiah (Harmonia Mundi)
A splendid new recording in an already crowded field [SW]
