Trio Brax: Works for Viola, Tenor Saxophone and Piano (LAWO Classics)
Interesting and engaging repertoire expertly played and recorded [MB]
Mignone: Orchestral works (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Brilliant, colourful music by a South American composer whom you will want to get to know better [PSh]
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) This well sung performance in traditional sets and costumes will provide much enjoyment [RJF]
Wagner: Lohengrin (RCA)
There is much to savour in this 59 year-old set [MP]
Mompou: Misteriós (Brilliant Classics)
Delicate and intimate music, so interpreted by a master guitarist [ZT]
Jos Van Immerseel (harpsichord) Le clavecin à Paris au XVIIIe siècle (Channel Classics)
A compelling survey of French harpsichord composing and harpsichord making in the 18th century [JV]
Chopin: Études Op.10 & 25 (Decca)
Spectacular in every respect [SG]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (BR Klassik)
A disappointingly dull reading in mediocre sound [RMo]
Kraus: Overtures (cpo)
If you don’t know Kraus’s music, give this a try; if you do, enjoy these performances [DJB]
Coates: London Again (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Sweet tuneful nostalgic delight – a must for Eric Coates admirers [IL]
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) James’ story in Britten’s setting emerges magnificently [CC]
Mozart: Requiem (BR Klassik)
A good, though not inspired version, which doesn’t compare to an earlier Jansons performance with the Concertgebouw [PT]
J S Bach: Cantatas (PHI)
Incisive performances of three cantatas, among them one of Bach’s most beloved [JV]
Les choses de la vie – Cinema II (Erato)
Take your seat in the stalls for scores from le cinéma français [RMay]
Tchaikovsky: None But The Lonely Heart (Naxos)
The singing is especially good from some impressive young singers but the staging… [MP]
Glojnarić: Pure Bliss (Kairos)
Yet more contemporeana that’s been somehow touched by the pop world – fascinating and unclassifiable [RHa]
Leontyne Price (soprano) Personal Choice (Alto)
One of the most glorious female voices of the 20th century, in a selection from famous recordings [EJW]
Bennett: Sea Change (Collegium Records)
A beautifully performed survey of Bennett’s often neglected choral music [CT]
Brahms: German Folk Songs (Apex)
Lovers of this music need both Genz and Schwarzkopf/Fischer-Dieskau [GF]
Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, Young Person’s Guide (LSO Live)
A successful and enjoyable Britten anthology [JQ]
Hellstenius: Public Behaviour (BIS)
Two riveting and provocative vocal works which muse upon modes of communication in modern life. Virtuosic and entertaining [RHa]
Mahler: Symphony No 6 (BR Klassik)
Sir Simon Rattle and his new orchestra’s Mahler Sixth in top-flight performance and recording [EJW]
David Ponsford (organ): Corrette & Dandrieu (Nimbus Records)
A perfect match of music, organ and performer [JV]
Busoni: Piano Concerto (SWR Classic)
A worthy performance of this massive work but others are better [SB]
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