Another kind of Rossi (Stradivarius)
The arpa doppia in full glory – an exciting disc [JV]
Canat de Chizy: Moving (Aeon)
(Déjà Review) Robust, joyfully dancing music making of great energy and very often of great beauty [HC]
Beethoven: String Quartets Vol. 6 (ASV)
(Déjà Review) The Lindsays show a deep understanding of this music and a maturity that has grown with the years [TH]
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture
by Alan George
Dvořák: Piano Quintet
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 12
by Alan George
Arnold: Cornish Dances
by John France
Brian: Agamemnon and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 (Hyperion)
Havergal Brian’s Agamemnon on disc prefaced, as he’d suggested, by the Twelfth Symphony [JW]
Mozart: Violin sonatas (Arcana)
Refined and focused playing, seductively performed [SG]
Bartók: The Paris Concert 1980 (Antal Doráti Centenary Society)
An engaging previously unreleased all-Bartók concert from Doráti in Paris [DHa]
Balbullus: Liber ymnorum (Naxos)
Chants from over a thousand years ago in an atmospheric, enriching performance [GH]
Ravel: Fragments for piano (Erato)
An exquisitely played and intelligently assembled bouquet for Ravel [PH]
Adès: Orchestral suites (LPO)
A stunning compendium of Adès’ music for the stage in a self-recommending release [PH]
Glass: The Hours (Nonesuch)
(Déjà Review) A Glass soundtrack with a different sort of musical emphasis to what has often gone before [NHo]
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Enormous presence and clarity; no serious collector will want to be without this set [TH]
Scintilla – Early Italian String Quartets (Brilliant Classics)
Should be acquired by anyone with an affection for the string quartet genre [DC]
Ferruccio Busoni and His Muses (Bridge Records)
Busoni’s marvellous piano creations shown to their best advantage in this young pianist’s very secure hands [RCh]
My heart’s in the Highlands (Delphian)
An interesting programme of Scottish-inspired songs, but Cunningham’s tenor is too dry for my liking [PT]
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (Signum Classics)
A highly successful, satisfying anthology recital by a vocal ensemble at the top of its game [RMo]
Ravel: Piano concerti (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ravel’s two concertos, reasonably well played and excellently recorded, but I was left wanting more [DHa]
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) Live Vol. 1 (Doremi)
A reference recording of Mahler’s First Symphony, and some rare Tennstedt repertoire [LD]
Dohnányi plays Dohnányi: The Complete HMV solo piano recordings (APR)
(Déjà Review) Pellucid beauty, an exceptional sense of excavated drama, tremendous atmospheric compression, rhythmic nuance and panache [JW]
Beethoven: String Trios op.9 (Arte Nova)
(Déjà Review) These beautifully crafted works are full of grace, wit, charm and even some drama and romance [KS]
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Decca)
A tour de force from the leading dramatic soprano of the modern age [PH]
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