Bach: Suites for Solo Cello (Sono Luminus)
A fleet yet sonorous and profound account of these masterworks, played without repeats and delightfully absorbing [RMo]
Schubert: Piano Sonatas (Hyperion)
Attractive performances whose strength is in the happy times and finding consolation in still facing the unhappy [MG]
A Year at Llandaff (Regent)
A splendidly eclectic church music mainly from the past two centuries [JF]
Delibes / Maillot: Coppél-i-A (Unitel Editions)
A worthwhile supplement to more conventional productions [RMay]
Mozart: Piano Concerti No. 15-17 (Alpha Classics)
Sparkling and exuberant playing makes the most of these three Viennese concerti [RCh]
Mendelssohn: Piano Sonatas (Harmonia Mundi)
(Déjà Review) Chiu’s playing is interesting and sensitive … the most obvious choice for a single disc of Mendelssohn’s sonatas [PCW]
Müller: Chamber Works (Capriccio)
(Déjà Review) My first meeting with Müller and I hope it won’t be my last … music which is animated, warm and intriguing [JW]
Wendling Quartet: DG and Electrola Recordings (Biddulph)
An important cache of early chamber music recordings heard in debatable transfers [JW]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 (Reference Recordings)
An enterprising pairing of two works given thrilling, gripping performances and sound [RMo]
Mendelson & Bacewicz: Chamber Works (Chandos)
Four ‘lost’ works of Polish modernism presented in splendid performances (GPu)
Fauré: Piano Works (Hyperion)
Magical performances, illuminated and musically informed, recorded in superior sound [SG]
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 (Alpha)
An oddly bland and inconsistent account which in no sense challenges established favourite recordings [RMo]
CPE Bach: Piano Concertos (Hänssler)
Soloist Orazio Sciortino is in splendid form, so there is much to enjoy here [MC]
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) A masterly reading of a great score … Elder draws stunning playing from the Hallé [GPJ]
Diamond: Symphony No.3 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Fresh, devoted performances of music fully worthy of continued attention [CC]
British Piano Concertos (Lyrita)
Premiere recordings of three neglected but attractive piano concertos [JW
Mercadante: Il proscritto (Opera Rara)
Neglected for almost 200 years, but undoubtedly worthy of its revival [MC]
Magalhães: Masses (Hyperion)
A fine choir in rare late Renaissance Portuguese repertoire, sung with style and skill [GH]
Sarah Willis (Horn) Mozart y Mambo (Alpha Classics)
A riotously enjoyable disc, the third in the amazing Sarah Willis’s series featuring Mozart Cuban-style [GPJ]
Praetorius & Schütz: Sacred Works (cpo)
Another recording of great importance and of great beauty from these performers [JV]
Balada: Orchestral works (Naxos)
The most immediately appealing of the three Naxos/Balada discs I’ve reviewed [HC]
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (RCA)
A legendary, visionary version of the sonata, but don’t make this your only version of the concerto [CH]
Cyrille Dubois (countertenor) (Aparté)
Eminent solo singing and fine music making with many first recordings [GF]
Sitt: Viola and Piano works (Eudora)
Salon-scaled charmers from a significant teacher and performer [JW]
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