Passing Fancy. Beauty in A Moment of Chaos (Avie)
Although the programme lacks stylistic coherence, every piece is well worth hearing and is given what it needs [JV]
Brahms: Symphonies No.2, 4 (Chandos)
A good Fourth and an excellent Second [ST]
Reich: Electric Counterpoint (REKORD)
Stands both on its own terms and when compared to the best [DC]
Bortkiewicz, Ravel, Prokofiev: Piano Concerti (Pentatone)
A fine debut, three very different piano concertos for the left hand commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein [PRJ]
Coleridge: The Breath of Life (Convivium Records)
Melodic, warmly harmonised choral music, expertly performed [JQ]
Caldara: Forgotten castrato arias (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A bouquet of fine arias by a great yet underestimated composer [JV]
Brahms & Liszt: Piano Sonatas (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating disc from a pianist whose career is most definitely worth following [CC]
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]
