Dolce: Music for Saxophone and Piano (Crystal Records)
Drama, dance and delight from a masterful saxophonist [JW]
Donna Voce Vol 2: Women of Legend (Music & Arts)
Passionate performances of two important cycles that should be heard more often; and a contemporary work awaits posterity’s verdict [RCh]
Music for Violin & Piano: The Franco-Belgian Album (Et’cetera)
An interesting programme compromised by effortful violin playing [NB]
Dvořák: Symphony No 9 & Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Gramola)
Great performances re-released as a slightly odd coupling [MBu]
Tubin: The Symphonies (BIS)
(Déjà Review) An epic pilgrimage of the spirit [RB]
Kilar: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) Played with commitment and passion [GH]
Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos)
A further opportunity to get to know her fine music [PH]
Sublimation (Harmonia Mundi)
A wealth of beautiful melodies and fascinating rhythms, played with technical acuity and sensitivity [GF]
Alla Polacca! (Polskie Radio)
Polish rarities from Józef Elsner and his pupils given spirited performances [RCh]
Ataúlfo Argenta (conductor) Berlioz & Rodrigo (Gramola)
Two contrasting, classic recordings from 1957 by a sadly short-lived conductor [RMo]
Sergio Fiorentino (piano) The Complete SAGA Album Collection (Rhine Classics)
Fiorentino’s complete Saga recordings of 1958-60 heard in excellent remasterings [JW]
Toscanini – The 1948 Brahms Cycle Vol. 3 (Pristine Audio)
It’s swings and roundabouts between this and the Philharmonia cycle [SV]
Vine: The Piano Music 1990-2006 (Tall Poppies)
(Déjà Review) An impressive, irreversible strength to the works on this disc [DC]
Amorous in Music (Et’cetera)
(Déjà Review) Plenty of variety here and quite some historical frisson as well [JW]
Sorcellerie: Works for piano duo (Alpha Classics)
There’s plenty of magic in the playing here [RCh]
Schubert: Symphony No 9 (BR Klassik)
Bernstein advocates will surely want this meritorious recording [MC]
Smetana: Má vlast and other Symphonic Works (Supraphon)
Smetana’s dynamism brought out by a conductor of clarity and subtlety [JW]
Opus V: Keyboard works by Mozart and J C Bach (Ars Produktion)
One of the best recordings of Mozart’s concertos [JV]
Trio Contrasti: Epochs & Cultures in Dialogue (Oehms Classics)
Interesting repertoire, excellent playing [SA]
Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica, Sonatinas, Bach transcriptions (Chandos)
Busoni’s great Fantasia in its two piano version is the climax of this rewarding disc [SB]
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring (Deux-Elles)
(Déjà Review) Exciting recordings that throw new light on the originals, and absorbing in their own right [GPu]
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 7-9 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) This developing series is a triumph for the São Paulo Symphony, Roberto Minczuk and the BIS engineers [DH]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 3 and 29 (Hyperion)
Hamelin at his finest in these two wildly different sonatas [RCh]
Holst: Fide et Litiris (EM Records)
A fascinating recording, including previously unknown works by Holst, performed and recorded at the school for which they were composed [GPJ]
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