Bossi: Works for Violin and Piano (Tactus)
Well played and in good recorded sound, making clear just how interesting is the best of Bossi’s work [GPu]
Cabanilles: Organ Works (MDG)
A nice survey of Cabanilles’ organ music but compromised by the temperament of the organ [JV]
Schubert: Piano Trios 1 & 2 (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Goes straight to the top for my recommendations of these wonderful works [TH]
Sierra: New Music with a Caribbean Accent (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Enterprising as ever, Naxos has served up another stimulating American Classic [DM]
Lemba: Chamber Music Vol 1
The first Estonian symphonist’s charming but rather bloodless violin works [JW]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]
Jolivet: Chamber Music (Brilliant Classics)
Some really worthwhile works here [SB]
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites, Ballet Suites, Concertos (Capriccio)
An entertaining box of mostly the lighter, often hilarious, side of Shostakovich’s output, in excellent performances [GPJ]
Silence is Golden. Arrangements for soprano, piano & clarinet (Hänssler Classic)
An entertaining ‘dramedy’ album [DHa]
Segovia: Original Compositions (Emec Records)
A useful recording for students of the guitar and essential for Segovia aficionados [ZT]
Schubert: Symphony 9 (Tudor)
A superb version that captures the spirit of Schubert and yet manages to be individual [PCW]
Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas (Hallé)
A fine new performance of Britten’s score doesn’t quite achieve top place among other versions [MP]
W Lloyd Webber: The Saviour (Priory)
Essential for all lovers of English music from the choirstalls and the organ loft [JF]
Convergence: Music by African American composers (Albany Records)
A life-affirming selection of music by African American composers [PRJ]
Great Singers in Moscow: 1901-1913 (Nimbus Prima Voce)
A remarkably listenable and comprehensive survey, showcasing the extraordinary depth of vocal talent available in Moscow in the first decade of the 20C [RMo]
Boismortier: Sonatas for 2 Pardessus de viole (First Hand Records)
A lovely disc and a perfect case for a forgotten instrument [JV]
Saint-Saëns: Requiem and Organ Symphony (Cala Signum)
(Déjà Review) A worthwhile restoration [JW]
Sculthorpe: Requiem (ABC Classics)
(Déjà Review) A fine introduction to this endearing composer’s sound-world [HC]
Pitfield: Orchestral Music (Toccata Classics)
A valuable exploration of Pitfield’s eminently approachable orchestral music [JF]
Elim Chan (conductor) All These Lighted Things (Alpha Classics)
A new disc from a new star in the conducting firmament, featuring new music – and a couple of old warhorses [LD]
Agricola: Masses (Fra Bernardo)
Two great masses in the Cantus firmus tradition from a master composer in splendid new readings from Vienna [PH]
W Mundy: Vox patris caelestis (Linn)
An insightful performance of the underrated music of a fascinating late-Tudor composer [GH]
Unpublished! Spalding and Dohnányi in Concert (Parnassus)
Albert Spalding in the sunset of his career accompanied by Dohnányi in a sonata sequence [JW]
Nielsen & Aho: Clarinet Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A clear winner on all accounts and Aho’s concerto is destined to be a standard work [GF]
