English Guitar Concertos (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) The strong personality of dedicatee Julian Bream is ever present, but Ogden more than rises to the task. A fine disc [AD]
Hues and Shades (recital) (Orchid Classics)
A sophisticated delight, full of subtle musicianship and expertly recorded [GPu]
Benevoli: Missa Tu es Petrus; Palestrina: Tu es Petrus; Graziani: Motets (Coro)
Benevoli’s mass is a fine specimen of Roman polychorality in the 17th century [JV]
Cherubini: Medea (Pristine Audio)
Callas’ stereo studio Medea gets the Pristine XR treatment [PT]
Ewa Jacobsson: Hearbaricum Fields (Lawo)
The audio for a pair of audio-visual projects, one distinctive, the other less so [RHa]
Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard (Ondine)
Melodically rich and well-crafted works, splendidly performed [SG]
Daniel Behle (tenor) R Strauss & Wagner (Prospero)
An important album. One which may surprise those who admire this tenor’s Mozart recordings [MP]
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Myrios Classics)
Another urgent, cohesive, thoroughly convincing account from a conductor who is a true Brucknerian [RMo]
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant-Jésus (RCA)
(Déjà Review) A recording notable for Serkin’s deep understanding of the composer’s sound-world and its emotional extremes [BH]
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pristine Audio)
On balance, still the best of Callas’ recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor [RMo]
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (ICA Classics)
There’s much for Rozhdestvensky’s admirers to enjoy here [JQ]
Bartók & Kochan: Concertos (Forgotten Records)
Top-notch performances from the past given a new lease of life [SG]
20th Century Middle European Flute Music (Dynamic)
Four 20th century composers united in their response to political extremism [JF]
Bizet: Carmen (Warner Classics)
The most authentically French recording of Carmen from the stereo era [MP]
Four times Bach (HD Klassik)
Rich and vital performances in excellent sound [DC]
Igor Levit (piano): Fantasia (Sony Classical)
Another outstanding recital from Levit, with a superb version of the big Busoni work [SB]
Busoni: Sonatinas (Centaur)
(Déjà Review) Slotchiver is an ardent disciple of Busoni and her playing is authoritative [CSS]
Ludford: Mass (Paraty)
A new perspective on the performance of the music of the English renaissance [JV]
Donizetti: La fille du régiment (Decca)
Sign me up for this regiment: this recording is as good as it gets [MP]
Artur Rodziński (conductor): The Complete Columbia Album Collection (Sony Classical)
Sony’s second Rodziński box fills a significant gap from his Cleveland years [JH]
Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Great, essential performances, clearly recognisable even with less than ideal sound quality [PBW]
Lully: Atys (Château de Versailles)
This will bring much pleasure to lovers of French Baroque [SG]
Beach: Piano music (Piano Classics)
Frezzotti is splendid in Beach’s romantic world [RCh]
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 5 & 6 (Claves)
A lyrical, transparent account of the Fifth with an interesting condensed finale, and a good Sixth of no special distinction [RMo]
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