Fasch: Orchestral Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Creativity and originality … first recordings of three works by Fasch [JV]
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Some of the finest performances of Haydn sonatas I have heard [MC]
Ginastera: Complete String Quartets (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Jaw-dropping prowess revealing masterpieces of the quartet literature [NB]
Kenneth MacMillan (choreographer) Celebrated (Opus Arte)
Three one-act ballets in very fine performances [RMay]
A Prayer for Deliverance (Signum Classics)
An outstanding disc [JQ]
Catherine Collard (piano): En Concert 1969-1972 (Solstice)
Vivid playing by a pianist who passed too soon [RCh]
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 (Profil)
A thoroughly invigorating, newly conceived approach to this greatest of symphonies [RMo]
Elgar: Symphony No 1, In the South (ESO Records)
Accounts of two of Elgar’s greatest orchestral scores which are well worth hearing [JQ]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 3 (Chandos)
Storgårds jumps to the beginning in his survey of Shostakovich symphonies – with mixed results [PH]
Ravel: L’Enfant et les sortilèges & L’heure Espagnole (Deutsche Grammophon)
A sparkling pair of Ravel’s contrasting operas, justifying their status as “gramophone classics” [RMo]
Mozart: Requiem (Reference Recordings)
A thoughtful and different presentation of Mozart’s Requiem Mass [LD]
Gouvy: Symphony No 3 & 5 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Symphonies in an idiom between Bizet, Beethoven & Mendelssohn [RB]
Liszt: Liszt Abroad (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) Should be heard by every lover of songs [GF]
Handel: Alexander’s Feast & Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (Carus)
Very good reasons to add this set to your collection [JS]
Milhaud: Suite Provençale & La Création du monde (High Definition Tape Transfers)
Milhaud from Boston in classic Living Stereo sound in an authentic reel-to-reel tape transfer [PH]
Fauré: Piano Quintets (Naxos)
Magical, enchanting works in alluring performances [IL]
Kévin Amiel (tenor) Backstage (Aparté)
An enjoyable debut aria collection from Kévin Amiel [MC]
Schoenberg: Orchestral & choral music (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)
Superb performances of orchestral and choral music by Schoenberg [DHa]
Brahms & Wolf: Lieder (Linn)
Marvellous and treasurable, the finest song disc to have come my way in some considerable time [ST]
Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos & Solo Works (Deutsche Grammophon)
Yuja Wang marks the Shostakovich 50th anniversary [JQ]
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Erato)
An enjoyably theatrical recording [SWe]
Mozart: Idomeneo (BR Klassik)
A new Idomeneo and another excellent release from Rattle and the Bavarians [PH]
Paraphrases de Salon (Grand Piano)
Flamboyant and elegant 19th century rarities played to their fullest by this dazzling young pianist [RCh]
Elgar: Violin Concerto (Avie)
(Déjà Review) I’d say that Graffin loves the concerto very much and that comes through [JQ]
