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]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Two Guitars Volume 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Refinement and beauty … technical sophistication and musical taste [NB]
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust & La Mort de Cléopatre (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Made doubly tempting by Baker’s wonderful Cléopâtre [RH]
Barber: Orchestral Music (Classics for Pleasure)
(Déjà Review) Is Samuel Barber the most inexplicably underrated composer of the 20th century? [GPJ]
Offenbach: Overtures (Naxos)
A beautiful program, which also points up the hazards [SV]
Mozart: Complete Divertimenti and Serenades for Winds (Brilliant Classics)
A comprehensive collection, well played [SB]
Music for the Feast of the Assumption (Hymnus)
An artfully devised and beautifully performed double programme, melding liturgical music for the Catholic Mass and the Anglican Choral Evensong [RMo]
Vanhal: Symphonies (cpo)
One of the best of the many 18th century symphonists in the shadow of Mozart and Haydn [DJB]
Bartholomée: Requiem (Cyprès)
(Déjà Review) A splendid performance and recording of a thought-provoking Requiem [HC]
Bach: Violin Concerti (Hyperion Helios)
(Déjà Review) Eminently sane performances, well recorded, at a very reasonable price [BW]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Hyperion)
A surprisingly disappointing release [RMas]
Contemporaries of Brahms Vol. 2 (Chandos)
An enjoyable less well-known work, and the brilliant Brahms worth coming back [ST]
Hovhaness: Violin Concerto No.2 & Strings, Works for Violin and Piano (Naxos)
An immaculately programmed, ear-opening disc of Hovhaness’s less well-known works [PRJ]
Ryelandt: Piano Sonatas I (Antarctica Records)
Beenhouwer dusted off Ryelandt’s manuscripts and brought these warm-hearted romantic sonatas to life [RCh]
Bériot: Solo Violin Music, Vol 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Exceptional violin playing reviving a major work of the solo violin repertoire [NB]
Le Roux: Complete Suites (Avie)
An intriguing mix of the pleasant and the exceptional [DJB]
d’Orléans: Suite d’Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée (Château de Versailles)
A Baroque masterpiece that has been skillfully prepared but is compromised by irritating microphone placement [MP]
Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn 2025 (Sony Classical)
You probably had to be there [RMay]
