Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, La Mort de Cléopâtre (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A fresh approach to this remarkable symphony [JQ]
Bruckner & Rheinberger: Choral Music (Carus)
(Déjà Review) Much to commend on this disc [RH]
D Matthews: Orchestral Works (SOMM)
First recordings of three fascinating, recent works by perhaps the UK’s leading symphonic composer [GH]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume VIII (ECM)
Warning: may render your current versions redundant [DC]
Balfe: Falstaff (RTÉ Lyric FM)
A breath of fresh air [RW]
Let all the World in Every Corner Sing (Hyperion)
A most rewarding disc [JQ]
Frey: Je laisse à la nuit son poids d’ombre (Another Timbre)
Beguilingly liminal music from Jürg Frey [DHa]
The Peter Jacobs Anthology 3 (Heritage)
Forgotten British piano treasures, live from 1979 [JF]
Robert Schumann: Piano works (Da Vinci Classics)
Mariani finds inspiration in Schumann’s passionate moods [RCh]
Bruckner: Symphony 5 for organ (Profil)
A voyage of discovery into contrasting worlds of sound [RMo]
Stravagante pensiero: Gesualdo & Napoli (Naïve)
Lovers of madrigals should not miss this superb recording [jv]
Stölzel: 5 Masses (cpo)
Stölzel has been very well served by these musicians [JQ]
Nicolas Medtner plays Medtner (APR)
Medtner’s incredible solo pianism now in one stunning set [RCh]
Bland: Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 (Bridge)
A composer with an eclectic though thoroughly engaging style [PRJ]
In Search of Youkali: The Songs of Kurt Weill (Chandos)
Operatic warmth meets Weill’s cabaret satire [JF]
Bridge: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos)
A varied collection of music by an arguably undervalued composer [PBW]
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Vol. 1 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Wonderful, life-affirming music-making from this exciting partnership [TP]
Mahler: Symphony 10 (RCA/BBC Music)
Some byways in recordings of Mahler’s Tenth [RMo]
Schubert: Die Winterreise (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Belongs among the Desert Island Disc recordings of Winterreise [GF]
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) A performance that will give much pleasure [JQ]
The Launy Grøndahl Legacy, Volume 11 (Danacord)
The final Grøndahl Legacy disc from Danacord embraces radio opera as well as the restaurant band pleasures of his rare 1923 Pathés [JW]
Christmas Music by A Scarlatti and Giorgi (Arcana)
Cheerful accounts of two Baroque Roman masses for Christmastide [CRo]
Mahler: Symphony 10 (Deutsche Grammophon)
A justly admired – indeed, near-perfect – account of Deryck Cooke’s third version of his completion of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony [RMo]
Bach: New Brandenburg Concertos (Berlin Classics)
These New Brandenburg Concertos, based on organ trio sonatas, make a delightful programme [SB]
