CH Lloyd: Chamber Music for Clarinet (Toccata Classics)
Overlooked choral and organ composer is heard in chamber works with clarinet [JW]
Britten: Billy Budd (Virgin Classics)
(Déjà Review) Has changed the whole way I listen to Billy Budd (AO]
JC Bach & JCF Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A delightful disc (TP]
Clérambault: Choral music (Château de Versailles Spectacles)
More of Clérambault’s sacred music should be explored if it is of such quality [RWe]
Rudolph Ganz: Complete St. Louis Symphony Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Forgettable conducting, but superb piano playing [RMas]
Lindberg & Aho: Clarinet Concertos (Signum Classics)
Two modern classics in excellent performances [SB]
Elgar conducted by Boult (SOMM Ariadne)
An invaluable album which expands our appreciation of Boult’s direction of Elgar’s music [JQ]
Rimsky-Korsakov; Scheherazade; Glinka: Symphony on Two Russian Themes (ICA Classics)
A powerful Scheherazade and two rarities of historical musicological significance [EJW]
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Humoresque (Camerata)
Another fine Schumann recital by this Italian pianist [SB]
London String Quartet plays Schubert and Bridge (Pristine Audio)
An excellent inaugural release in a new chamber series from Pristine Audio [JW]
Clara Schumann gewidmet (Claves)
A nice idea for a recital, thoughtfully constructed and played beautifully [RCh]
Benda, Pichl & Vranický: Violin Concerti (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) The Vranický in particular is a real winner [JW]
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) A rare Toscanini performance in an excellent transfer [JQ]
Mignone: Fantasia Brasileiras, No 1-4 (Naxos)
Exuberant and attractive scores very well played and recorded [NB]
Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
Arnold Cooke’s string quartets realised by the Bridge Quartet in some style [JW]
Grieg, Medtner & Franck: Violin Sonatas (Hänssler Classic)
A worthy album with playing of uncommon integrity [MC]
Shani Diluka (piano): Renaissance (Warner Classics)
Suffused with serenity and poetry; look elsewhere for keyboard fireworks [DJB]
Vivaldi: New Discoveries (Naïve)
(Déjà Review) Delightful and thought-provoking pieces newly attributed to Vivaldi [MS]
Turina: Music for Violin and Piano (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Panache and passion – you won’t be disappointed [JW]
Arnold: Homage to the Queen & Sweeney Todd (Dutton Epoch)
A very warm welcome to these complete digital recordings of Arnold’s finest ballet scores [PRJ]
Jascha Heifetz – Violin Virtuoso (Regis)
Hard to see how this utterly committed recording could be bettered [RMay]
A History of Requiem – Part II Campra & Michael Haydn (Cypres)
New light shed on Haydn’s Requiem [RH]
Puts: Orchestral works (Delos)
An introduction to this Pulitzer Prize winner’s orchestral music, lyrical and listenable yet not “light” [EJW]
Firkušný and Primrose Play Brahms (Pristine Audio)
Reference recordings of the Brahms Viola Sonatas from a classic team [RMas
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