Bononcini How are the Mighty Fallen Signum SIGCD905

Bononcini: How are the mighty fallen – Choral Music (Signum Classics)

This release deserves an unequivocal welcome. The choral singing is outstanding and the Academy of Ancient Music delivers fine performances [JV]

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Stanford: Te Deum and Elegiac Ode (Lyrita)

Stanford’s two fine choral works, composed when there was public appetite for such performances [JWe]

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Sibelius: Tone Poems (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Vänskä is keeping up to the incredibly high standards he has set himself [TH]

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Tippett: Orchestral works (Decca)

(Déjà Review) Something special – treasurable and pleasurable, all in excellent sound [RB]

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Fritz Kreisler (violin/piano) American Portrait (Rhine Classics)

The piano rolls are real but the concert is not what it says on the tin [JW]

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Andrea Belmonte (guitar) Latin Within (KHA Records)

The programme and musicality make this an appealing disc, despite some technical shortcomings [ZT]

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Pina Carmirelli (violin) Concert Tours (Meloclassic)

A significant discographical addition [SG]

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Mahler: Symphony 3 (Sony Classical)

In many ways this is an admirable Mahler Third [JQ]

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H Koppel: Piano Works Vols 1-3 (Dacapo)

A great achievement, recommended for those who want something off the beaten track [GF]

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Rossini: La donna del lago (Opera Rara)

(Déjà Review) Sets the gold standard for recorded performances of this work [RJF]

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Rózsa: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Tadlow Music)

(Déjà Review) A winning performance of a colourful, exciting and atmospheric score [IL]

Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (Yale University Press)

An invigorating shattering of myths, both long-held and recent, about this perennially beloved composer [NC]

Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano): Aigul (Decca)

By far the best mezzo-soprano to emerge for a generation [RMo]

Lopes-Graça: Canções portuguesas (Naxos)

A pleasant mix of arrangements and original compositions – a lovely disc [HC]

Bruckner: Symphony No.4 (Profil)

A predictably fine performance of a rarer edition of this symphony [NB]

Lloyd: The Works for Brass (Lyrita)

George Lloyd in bandsman mode in the latest volume of his ‘Signature Edition’ [JW]

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Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 , A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Decca)

(Déjà Review) A level of involvement I haven’t heard from Chailly in years [SV]

Moor Cello Sonatas Cello Classics

Moór: Cello Sonatas, Suite for four cellos (Cello Classics)

(Déjà Review) With performances this ardent, we can wallow in the moment and relish the intensity of the music making [JW]

Scriabin: Symphony No 2 (Evil Penguin)

Scriabin from Brussels offers much to admire [RMay]

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Piers Lane (piano): Russian Variations (Hyperion)

A feast of Russian piano music served up with spectacular aplomb by Lane [RCh]

Mozart: Mezzo Mozart (Aparté)

Marina Viotti makes this an album of great Mozart arias hard to resist. [MC]

Foss: Symphony No 1, Renaissance Concerto (Naxos)

A very enjoyable and well-played survey of an under-represented composer although the sound is not ideal [NB]

Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Capriccio)

Three strikes and for me Herr Poschner is out … [RMo]

Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Certainly a Haydn recital like you’ve never heard before [ED]