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]
Mahler: Symphony No 9 (IMP Classics)
Another demonstration of Morris’s overt emotional expression [RMo]
Edwin Fischer (piano) Lausanne CO Concerts (Maestro Editions)
Historic live Bach from Edwin Fischer restored in fine sound [JW]
Feldman: Intermission 6 (Another Timbre)
A fascinating longform realisation of a Feldman piano piece. [DHa]
La Sirena 1530 (NovAntiqua)
Excellent performances of early specimens of the madrigal genre [JV]
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Pristine Audio)
A discographic first – Dan Godfrey’s 1925 recording of ‘A London Symphony’ [JW]
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (IMP Classics)
A thoroughly convincing account, full of warmth, character and emotion [RMo]
Bach: The First Cantata Year. Volume 8 (Hänssler Classic)
Rademann continues to achieve impressive results [MC]
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3, Isle of the Dead (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) If you want these performances, this disc proves a canny and inexpensive way to acquire them [JW]
Pierné: Piano Concerto, orchestral works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Very fine indeed, and a high-quality programme with no fillers necessary [DC]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 (LSO Live)
A consistently well-played and conscientious cycle that trades fire for fidelity [NB]
