Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 (Cedille)
Superb Shostakovich coupled with a contemporary concerto that challenges convention [NB]
Bach: Six Trio Sonatas (Vivat)
Awe-inspiring works clothed in intimacy and colour, in performances acclaimed for their conversational qualities [SG]
Górecki: Symphony No 3 (Alto)
Amongst the most moving recordings of Górecki’s Third featuring the soprano who premiered the work [JW]
Noskowski: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Capriccio)
Symphonies by a little-known Romantic Polish composer, played with understanding and immediacy [GH]
Spanish Secular Cantatas (Brilliant Classics)
The three composers on this disc take advantage of excellent performances by Cristina Bayón Álvarez [JV]
Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for solo violin (Deutsche Grammophon)
Quite simply: this disc is a winner [SB]
Beethoven: Middle Quartets (Bridge Records)
(Déjà Review) An invaluable addition in excellent sound, splendid documentation and full of concentrated wisdom [JW]
Busoni: Piano Concerto (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A landmark disc of an epic, landmark concerto, one of the finest in the Hyperion series [CF]
Liszt: Faust Symphony (Audite)
Another superb Liszt performance by the Staatskapelle Weimar with Kirill Karabits [JWe]
Kõrvits: The Sound of Wings (Ondine)
A beautiful new work from Estonia which will add to the growing reputation of the composer [PCG]
The English Tenor (Divine Art)
An enjoyable recital by a newcomer to the field of English Art Song [EJW]
Neeme Järvi (conductor) Great Maestros (Estonian Record Productions)
An oddly imbalanced double bill, with an enjoyable Brahms Requiem and some unbearably rushed Bruckner [RMo]
Léner Quartet (Pristine Audio)
More canonic Léner Quartet restorations from the 1920s and 30s [JW]
Medtner: Complete Piano Music Vol. III
Virtuosity suffused with delicate poetry [DMD]
Bach: Trio Sonatas (BIS)
(Déjà Review) New worlds of feeling in music that is certainly familiar [KM]
Cras: Piano Works (Timpani)
(Déjà Review) Folk-like simplicity redolent of folk song … a beautifully atmospheric seascape [HC]
Estrellita (Orchid Classics)
The album works equally well for close listening and as agreeable background music late at night [GF]
H Koppel: Composer and Pianist Volume 7 (Danacord)
Volume 7 of the Koppel series, finally here, shows the composer’s two sides [JW]
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14 (Chandos)
The best yet in Storgårds’s developing cycle [DMD]
Russian Violin Concertos (Pentatone)
A worthy reissue of fine accounts in an unusual coupling [RWe]
Debussy: C’est l’extase, La mer (Alpha Classics)
The orchestrated Verlaine songs are delightful, La mer merely decent [SB]
Gyrowetz: Flute Quartets (cpo)
Solid Classical construction, and occasionally more [SV]
Verdi: Falstaff (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Truly one of the ‘Great Recordings of the Century’ [CF]
Woolrich: The Ghost in the Machine (NMC)
(Déjà Review) Woolrich definitely has things to say and knows how to say them in the musically most satisfying way [HC]
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