Poulenc: Cello Sonata & Works for Piano (Onyx)
Regardless of where you are on your Poulenc journey, it is a recording you should hear [DJB]
Bittner: String Quartet No 1, 2 (cpo)
Relatively easy on the ear and deserving of a place in the repertoire [DC]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (1908-09) (Harmonia Mundi)
A notable addition to the discography of Das Lied von der Erde [JQ]
Aristo Sham (piano): Timeline (Universal Music)
A very impressive début disc from this Van Cliburn winner [RCh]
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Profil)
Another variant of Bruckner 3, as superbly played and in sound as naturalistic as could be hoped for [RMo]
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works, Vol 3 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Performances that are light and fleet of finger and foot, instinctive and brilliant [Byz]
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (1823) (C Major)
(Déjà Review) A performance of real stature [ST]
Il violone impertinente (NovAntiqua)
I would have liked to hear more, which is a compliment to the performers [JV]
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)
If perfection exists in a recording of this greatest of Baroque solo instrument works, it is here [RMo]
Falla: L’œuvre pour piano (Forgotten Records)
An intriguing historical recording of de Falla’s piano works [RMas]
Bjarnason: The Grotesque & The Sublime (Sono Luminus)
New Music from Iceland will both chill you and burn you up [PH]
J Wieniawski: Piano Works (Naxos)
Idiomatic virtuoso piano works from one of the more imaginative and successful Polish composers of the post-Chopin era [RCh]
Bliss, Walford Davies & Bowen: Violin sonatas (EM Records)
Magnificent impassioned music-making in works of real and dazzling substance [RB]
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nimbus)
One to lift the spirits [DC]
Braunfels: Die Vögel (Arthaus Musik)
(Déjà Review) A superb recording that merits the highest praise [RC]
Bach: The Art of Fugue (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) At the right time and in the right mood you may find this irresistible [JS]
Pejačević: Complete Symphonic Works (Audite)
This fine release enriches Dora Pejačević’s discography [EJW]
Dowland: Songs, Ayres and Dances (Erato)
Dowland down the ages culled from the Erato stable, which includes Virgin and EMI [JW]
Arise my love: Music for the Break of Day (Coro)
Music of renewal in a varied programme from this fine Oxford choir [WH]
Albrici: Sacred Cantatas (cpo)
The Italians arrive at the Swedish court, bringing more than just music [PH]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Navona)
A new Goldberg arrangement for strings, hamstrung by slow tempos [DJB]
Schnittke & Shostakovich: Viola Music (Ambroise)
(Déjà Review) Captures the essence of both works with understanding and communicating effectively to the listening audience [CR]
Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent job … sure to please the harshest of critics [RW]
Rossini: Adina (Naxos)
The ongoing Rossini Wildbad series acquires a new and exquisite addition to its ranks [MP]
