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]
Barvinsky & Kosenko: Ukrainian Piano Concertos (Ars Produktion)
First recordings of two attractive Ukrainian piano concertos with a depressing history [EJW]
Bononcini: Cantate per Contralto con Violini (Challenge Classics)
A fine disc of cantatas by a relatively neglected composer [GPu]
Melita: Maltese Piano Music (Grand Piano)
Lovers of piano music are in for a treat with the many discoveries this disc affords [SA]
Shostakovich & Meyer: String Quartets (Genuin)
An original recital including a creative imagining of a sixteenth quartet by Shostakovich [DHa]
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Opera Rara)
Revelatory and thoroughly engrossing [DF]
Bridge: Orchestral Works, Vol 4 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) An extraordinarily rewarding series now celebrated in a fourth volume [RB]
JS Bach: French Suites (BIS)
(Déjà Review) The set should be highly rewarding to those who place top priority on gorgeous music [DS]
Storm (World of Brass)
Intriguing arrangements for brass band of some contemporary pieces [KT]
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs (Hyperion)
Anyone wanting a collection of Fauré songs need look no further than this [GF]
Hindemith: Orchestral works (Antal Doráti Society)
An interesting glimpse into Doráti’s Hindemith [DHa]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Pristine Audio)
The best available transfer of a great performance of Bruckner’s Eighth [PSt]
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