Mozart: Complete Piano Trios (MDG)
Revel in these delightfully translucent performances [DC]
Sibelius & Paganini: Violin concertos (Pristine Audio)
The fervour is unceasing and the music is charted with feverish intensity [JW]
Žebeljan: The Horses of St Mark & Orchestral works (cpo)
cpo must be congratulated for once again finding another original voice [Byz]
Howells: Partsongs (SOMM)
Premiere recordings unveil Howells’s hidden catalogue [JF]
Prophecy: Tüür, Kõrvits & Vasks (Alpha Classics)
A very fine selection of recent works for a still undervalued instrument by important composers in excellent performances [HC]
Kukal: Symphony 1; Teml: Labyrinth of Memory (Animal Music)
A pair of exciting orchestral works from the Czech Republic forming an interesting meditation on memory [ACG]
Sweet Chance: music for harp, flute & voice (Convivium Records)
An ingeniously constructed recital [DHa]
The Minneapolis Concerts in the 1950s: Newly Discovered Recordings (Antal Doráti Society)
Doráti and the Minneapolis in live concerts with variable music-making but some energising rarities included [JW]
Shostakovich: Complete Works for Cello (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Wallfisch excels in Shostakovich’s complete cello works [LW]
Tcherepnin: Piano Music (Toccata Classics)
(Déjà Review) Evocative, melodic, harmonically imaginative and immensely varied [Byz]
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Harmonia Mundi)
Some highs and some lows make this a not entirely successful performance [DJB]
Conversations à Trois: Trio Boccherini (BIS)
Scintillating performances of compelling music, especially the Cras [NB]
Quiet Summer Evening: British Light Classics (SOMM Recordings)
Crafted British light music for today [JF]
Nielsen: The Ultimate Solo Piano Collection (OUR Recordings)
Ultimate indeed, in more ways than one [DC]
Noskowski: String Quartets (Capriccio)
Rarely heard Polish String Quartets played with character and stylistic understanding [GH]
Kancheli: Chamber music with orchestra (Naxos)
Works thoroughly characteristic of late Kancheli, convincingly performed [SB]
de Hartmann: Esther (Pentatone)
De Hartmann’s most ambitious work in a triumphal first recording [NB]
Narbutaitė: Centones Meae Urbi (Ondine)
A major work by a prominent Lithuanian composer [HC]
Ferronati: Concerti and Mottetti (Da Vinci)
The revival of Ferronati’s oeuvre is well worth the effort [JV]
Andrew Kennedy (tenor): Arias by Gluck, Mozart and Berlioz (Signum)
(Déjà Review) Andrew Kennedy does Berlioz proud [GF]
Music for counter-tenor and recorder (Guild)
(Déjà Review) Singing and playing of the highest order [AMa]
Halévy: La Juive (Naxos)
A warhorse in excellent performance but problematic production [SB]
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (Reference Recordings)
A splendid first recording of a Mahler symphony by Runnicles, in exceptionally fine sound [RMo]
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerti No.1, 27 (Alpha Classics)
A prevailingly cheerful and upbeat recital, aptly programmed and joyfully executed [RMo]
