Schubert: The Complete String Trios (Resonus)
Domestic music from Schubert and Purcell played with quiet magic [DMD]
Reed: String Quartets (MPR)
Well-constructed, technically competent pieces, always interesting, and often quite moving [JF]
Herrmann: Wuthering Heights (Chandos)
A great and extremely effective recording drenched in splendour [RB]
Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso (Harmonia Mundi)
There are at least a good half-dozen earlier recordings, but Christie can firmly stand by their side [GF]
Korngold: Violanta (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) A great recording of a great opera with especially marvellous conducting and singing [VM]
Haydn: Cello Concertos (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Lean and incisive performances of these vibrant concertos [DS]
Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (Hyperion)
A thrilling account [LW]
Airs and Graces (Tremula)
Virtuosic brilliance which like all enjoyable things leaves you regretting we could not have had more [RB]
Bach’s Missing Pages (Fugue State Films)
A remarkable achievement [SG]
Torelli: Concerti Grossi (Tactus)
The whole package provides the utmost satisfaction [DF]
McDowall: Da Vinci Requiem (Signum Classics)
A prominent composer of vocal and choral music represented by performances of two fine, serious works [WH]
Widor: Organ Symphonies (Solstice)
A reissue of core French organ repertoire by a master of the tradition [MSt]
Busoni: Works for Piano & Orchestra (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Grante is impressive, enthusiastic, comprehensive, technically eloquent and idiomatic [JW]
Elgar: Symphony 1 (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) I greatly enjoyed this and hope it presages more Elgar from this partnership [JQ]
Farrenc: Symphonies (Erato)
Stimulating, approachable and highly varied music [RMo]
JS Bach: Bach à Leipzig (Hortus)
An unusual and thoughtful recital of Bach’s later organ music [MSt]
Matalon: Piano Music (MSR Classics)
21st century piano music effervescent with musical sparkle [BB]
Mignone: Piano Music (Nimbus Records)
A marvellous piano recital showcasing this important figure in Brazilian music [RCh]
Leighton: Every Living Creature (SOMM Recordings)
An album to treasure [DC]
Roman: Vocal and Chamber Music (Resonus Classics)
Splendid performances of vocal and chamber music by the main composer of the Swedish Baroque [JV]
Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An exceptionally powerful musical and dramatic experience [GPJ]
Mahler: Symphony 2 (Pentatone)
Unspectacular but deeply satisfying [DMD]
Rubinstein: Cello Concertos (Northern Flowers)
Engagingly unfamiliar works from the last two centuries each presented with conviction [RB]
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