Stanford: Shamus O’Brien (Retrospect Opera)
The premiere recording of Stanford’s fourth opera in an excellent performance [JQ]
Wilder: Music for piano (Albany)
Charming pieces, well stated and beautifully played [JF]
Scott: Orchestral Works Volume Three (Toccata Classics)
Appealing lighter music, when it hangs together [SV]
Rieti: Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works • 2 (Grand Piano)
Rieti is one of those composers you wish you had discovered years ago [SA]
Schumann & Brahms: Chamber Music (Naxos Historical)
(Déjà Review) A real feeling here of spontaneity and depth of expression [TH]
Verdi: Nabucco (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Worth the price for Guleghina’s Abigaille [RJF]
Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
A specialist issue, but Mahler devotees and admirers of Sir Adrian Boult will find it fascinating [JQ]
Donizetti: L’esule di Roma (Opera Rara)
An opera overlooked for far too long is presented in the best possible light [MC]
Pierre Cochereau (organ) The Album of the Centenary (Solstice)
A worthy tribute to a fine musician [SG]
La Belle Dame (EM Records)
Largely early and apprentice works from British composers; sift with care [JW]
Bach & Shostakovich: Salvation (Brilliant Classics)
An unlikely concept that seems to work better than expected [NC]
Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pietà (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Exuberant and often full of élan and humour [GPJ]
Tippett: A Child of Our Time (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An indispensable purchase for all admirers of Tippett and all lovers of the English choral tradition [JQ]
Romantic Songs – So tief im Abendrot (Hänssler Classic)
Disappointingly inadequate performances of Lieder arrangements, neither necessary nor desirable [PT]
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor): Beyond (Erato)
A captivating 17th century programme [DF]
Eck: Violin concertos (cpo)
Soaring lyricism from Mozart’s contemporary [JW]
Adrift (TRPTK)
Beautiful hidden gems from the clarinet trio repertoire [JF]
Charpentier & Desmarest: Te Deum (Alpha Classics)
Even if one does not need another Charpentier’s Te Deum, Desmarest’s setting deserves attention [JV]
A Room of Her Own (Chandos)
The Neave Trio charm us in this collection of rarities [RCh]
Saint-Saëns: Organ music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An excellent opportunity to move beyond the familiar [JF]
Scarlatti: Sonatas (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A pianist to watch out for, and a recording that need not fear critical listening [ED]
Wagner: Die Feen (Orfeo)
A very fine cast and excellent sound makes this a decent version of Wagner’s difficult first opera [MP]
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets (Hyperion)
Two great Romantic string sextets played with the Nash Ensemble’s usual brilliance [NB]
Rossini: Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra (Naxos)
Rossini’s rarely performed Elizabethan opera is given a lacklustre performance in the latest in Naxos’s Rossini Wildbad series [PT]
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