Novák: String Quartets (Supraphon)
Vítězslav Novák’s string quartets presented with thoughtful care [JW]
Furtwängler: Symphony 2 (Chandos)
A problematic work emerges in a new light [RMay]
Jackson: Choral works (Resonus Classics)
An excellent disc of choral and organ music by Gabriel Jackson [JQ]
Beach: Orchestral Works (Solo Musica)
This album confirms that Amy Beach is a composer of real note [MC]
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Superb … all the commitment and excitement imaginable [LW]
Dohnányi: Violin Concertos (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding music … hits all the required emotional stops [WK]
Silvestrov: Violin Concerto, Symphony No.8 (Naxos)
These first recordings are to be welcomed [SB]
Maria Callas (soprano): Arias Volume 1 (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into two established and indispensable recital classics [RMo]
D Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas (Harmonia Mundi)
The most satisfying Scarlatti collection I’ve heard [DJB]
British Music for Strings IV (cpo)
Light suites and chamber-scaled orchestral pieces by amiable British composers [JW]
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Dynamic)
(Déjà Review) A generally well sung performance in the composer’s home town should be watched by opera producers as well as Verdi lovers [RJF]
Schmitt: Orchestral Music (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A most auspicious debut on CD for the partnership of Thierry Fischer and the BBC NOW [JQ]
Smirnov & Firsova: Chamber Works (Our Recordings)
Atmospheric, accessible music by two contemporary Russian composers [KT]
Saariaho: Complete Works for Piano and Harpsichord (Ondine)
Odds and ends for Saariaho completists [SB]
Salieri: Cublai, Gran Kan De’ Tartari (Aparté)
The buffa side of Italian Opera in the heyday of Vienna’s pre-eminence [PH]
A Cello Galaxy of British Women Composers (Divine Art)
British cello compositions spanning a century, almost all in premiere recordings [JW]
Telemann: Cantatas, Vol 1 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding collection of high Baroque cantatas sung with conviction, gentle authority and perception [MS]
Richter: Symphonies (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A greatly enjoyable disc with three first recordings [DBl]
Adès, Marsey & Leith: Orchestral Works (Hallé)
An imaginative programme of premiere recordings [LW]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (High Definition Tape Transfers)
An epoch-making historic performance has never sounded so good [NB]
Suk, Martinů & Fišer: Violin & Piano (Supraphon)
A fine disc of Czech violin works performed by a youthful duo [JW]
Jewish Vienna (Onyx)
A beautiful programme, exquisitely performed, with Chen Reiss in top form [GF]
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Metamorphosen (Decca)
If you like your Richard Strauss vigorous and in full technicolour sound, then you will want to hear this performance [TP]
Falla: Piano Music – Vol 2 (Naxos)
Listen, stop the player, sip a glass of Rioja and move on to the next number! [JF]
