Lloyd: Piano Concertos (Lyrita)
Communicative and lyrical piano concertos reissued in the ‘Signature Edition’ [JW]
Haydn: The Creation (Oehms Classics)
(Déjà Review) A quality product that should give great pleasure to all lovers of this masterpiece [GF]
Bingham: Choral Music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Good to hear such a generous selection of her choral music in these fine performances [RH]
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Rondeau Production)
Superb singing of a slightly undifferentiated programme [NB]
Amsterdam 1850 (Navis Classics)
An experience of deep friendship, hard work, and joy in the results [DC]
The Pre-Raphaelite Cello (Somm Recordings)
The Frankfurt Gang and Beatrice Harrison inspire a cellistic programme [JW]
Fasch: Concertos (Accent)
Performances that attest to the variety and quality of Fasch’s concertos [JV]
Alfano: Orchestral & Instrumental works (Naxos)
Fine, memorable music by the Italian composer who completed Puccini’s last opera [EJW]
Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Hallé)
Elder’s later pair of Elgar symphonies is a fine achievement in beautiful sound – but not, perhaps, the last interpretative word [RMo]
Brahms: String Quartets, Piano Quintet (Deutsche Grammophon)
Any release from the Emersons is worthy of attention and this set is no exception [MC]
Bax: Tone Poems (Chandos)
An essential acquisition for all Baxians [RB]
Auber: Overtures, Vol 6 (Naxos)
A very generous new instalment in an enterprising ongoing series [RMay]
Carmichael: Toward the Light (Divine Art)
Music to lift the tired soul [PRJ]
C P E Bach & Graun: Viola Concertos (cpo)
Fairly bland music that the performances don’t enliven [DJB]
Dodgson: Piano Music (Somm Recordings)
Well worth investigating [GH]
Buxtehude & others: Cantatas and organ works (Indesens)
A musically compelling disc, thanks to the quality of the music and the performances [JV]
Schmidt: Fredigundis (Orfeo)
The only recording of Schmidt’s second opera does full justice to an unjustly neglected work [EJW]
Steinberg: Symphony No 2 & Variations for Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Torrid Slavonic performances of both the graceful Variations and the gloomily brilliant Symphony [RB]
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1-4 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) With splendid standards of music making, recording and presentation, this is a benchmark and self-recommending issue [TB]
Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem (LSO Live)
Three superb Britten readings, including possibly the finest Spring Symphony on disc [GPJ]
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Channel Classics)
Fischer balances the suavely light and the resiliently heroic [MG]
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Pristine Audio)
A pleasure to hear Björling in these excellent Pristine transfers, even if these two roles are not amongst his greatest [PT]
Javier Laso (piano) New Worlds (Eudora)
Four masterpieces from four distinct strands of twentieth-century music [JF]
Swain: Chamber Works (Dutton)
Convincing premiere recordings of some of Freda Swain’s chamber music [JW]
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