Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
Effortlessly impressive performances typify another fine Albion release [NB]
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest recordings of these Mahler songs by today’s leading interpreter of these works [KM]
Grainger: Complete Piano Music (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) What a splendid undertaking [JW]
Lechner: Of Death and Resurrection (Coviello)
A recording of Lechner’s music is very welcome, but the performance practice is debatable [JV]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde & Vaughan Willams: Fantasia (Pristine Audio)
The frequent coughing and only intermittently satisfactory soloists make this a bit of a trial [RMo]
Franco Corelli (tenor): The Alternative Repertoire (Urania Records)
A marvellous reminder of one of the best voices on record [DJa]
Chopin: 4 Ballades & Scherzo (Deutsche Grammophon)
Electrifying pianism from a poetic genius of the instrument [PH]
Martucci: (Da Vinci Classics)
A mixed bag, but the Quintet has definite merits [DJB]
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (C Major)
Some good singing in this bel canto gem; pity about the pathetic set and non-production [RJF]
Chopin: Piano Works (SOMM)
An outstanding recital [RBe]
Dvořák: String Quartets Volume 5 (cpo)
Fine readings – almost, but not quite, the genuine article [SV]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (LSO Live)
A serviceable Pathétique, but not a great one [ST]
Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Elgar: Falstaff (Harmonia Mundi)
Very good performances of an unexpected coupling [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Hänssler Classic)
A dark horse account of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony to rival any other [RMo]
Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins (BIS)
Excellent performances, sung in English, so particularly interesting [SB]
Giordano: Fedora (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Domingo adds this Loris to his studio recorded audio legacy [RJF]
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Nebolsin is the real thing, a genuine virtuoso who can interpret Chopin with imagination and style [RC]
Buxtehude: Vocal Works Vol 4 (Challenge)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding … full of rich, sonorous and decidedly beautiful choral music [MS]
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Artistic insight, poignancy and exciting performance values [RB]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Chandos)
A highly competent reading which lacks ferocity and excitement at key moments [RMo]
Jaëll: Chamber Music (La Boîte à Pépites)
A disc which does the music of Marie Jaëll a signal service [JQ]
Greenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 6 (Salisbury Records)
An enormously rewarding piano sonata, slightly stymied by an unhelpful written component [PRJ]
Mist on the Moors: The Piano Music of Reginald Redman (Heritage)
Honeybourne unveils Redman’s long‑lost landscapes [JF]
Kurtág: Fin de Partie (BMC)
The unmissable first recording of Kurtág’s masterpiece [DHa]
