Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Profil)
Gerd Schaller is determined to exploit the mighty instrument’s full potential to maximum effect [RMo]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 2 (Challenge Classics)
Prosseda amply demonstrates the surprising distinctiveness of these early Beethoven piano sonatas [MG]
Britten: Cello Suites (Apex)
Butt has the music’s measure, supported by an always assured technique [TB]
Holst: Orchestral Works (Lyrita)
Some remarkable finds here [CC]
Another kind of Rossi (Stradivarius)
The arpa doppia in full glory – an exciting disc [JV]
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Berlin 1953-1969 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
A never-before-seen level of access to Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker’s live, uncut performances [KC]
Liszt: Piano Works on Hungarian Themes (Naxos)
Wonderfully assured, atmospheric and musical playing of rarely recorded Liszt [JWe]
Lully: Alceste (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
Relive the Golden Age of the Tragédie lyrique in a performance of insight and conviction [PH]
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works (Linn)
Some very fine performances here [EJW]
Cello Concertos from the Netherlands (Brilliant Classics)
Top quality soloists promote the cello in compact Dutch concerto works [JW]
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]
Canat de Chizy: Moving (Aeon)
(Déjà Review) Robust, joyfully dancing music making of great energy and very often of great beauty [HC]
Adès: Orchestral suites (LPO)
A stunning compendium of Adès’ music for the stage in a self-recommending release [PH]
Ravel: Fragments for piano (Erato)
An exquisitely played and intelligently assembled bouquet for Ravel [PH]
Balbullus: Liber ymnorum (Naxos)
Chants from over a thousand years ago in an atmospheric, enriching performance [GH]
Bartók: The Paris Concert 1980 (Antal Doráti Centenary Society)
An engaging previously unreleased all-Bartók concert from Doráti in Paris [DHa]
Mozart: Violin sonatas (Arcana)
Refined and focused playing, seductively performed [SG]
Brian: Agamemnon and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 (Hyperion)
Havergal Brian’s Agamemnon on disc prefaced, as he’d suggested, by the Twelfth Symphony [JW]
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Enormous presence and clarity; no serious collector will want to be without this set [TH]
Glass: The Hours (Nonesuch)
(Déjà Review) A Glass soundtrack with a different sort of musical emphasis to what has often gone before [NHo]
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) Live Vol. 1 (Doremi)
A reference recording of Mahler’s First Symphony, and some rare Tennstedt repertoire [LD]
Ravel: Piano concerti (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ravel’s two concertos, reasonably well played and excellently recorded, but I was left wanting more [DHa]
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]
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]
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