Coleridge-Taylor: Choral Works (Orchid Classics)
This collection of pieces, expertly performed, expands our knowledge of this short-lived composer [JQ]
Dowland: Lachrimae (Challenge Classics)
A sexy Italianate take on these pieces [DMD]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Warner Classics)
A grand, majestic performance catching all the requisite light and shade of Bruckner’s most popular and accessible symphony [RMo]
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Dynamic)
A well-performed Stravinsky masterpiece, and a related work by Pizzetti [RWe]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon)
An Icelandic blizzard envelops these Goldbergs and I am left cold [DJB]
Schubert: Lieder Vol 2 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Bostridge is surely worthy of a position in the same illustrious gallery as Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker and a few others [TB]
Tveitt: Hardanger Tunes, Suites 1 & 4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Engeset coaxes this gorgeous material into shape without effort or artificiality [GH]
Enna: Violin Concerto, Symphony No.2 (Dacapo)
Fine performances of mildly enjoyable works may win the composer new admirers [EJW]
Martinaitytė: Hadal Zone (Cantaloupe)
An extraordinary voyage to the depths of the ocean and of the psyche [DMD]
Halévy: La Juive (Philips)
This sole studio recording of a thoroughly entertaining opera makes a strong case for its rehabilitation [RMo]
Hannah: Music for Piano and Organ (PGM Audio)
Canadian Ronald Hannah’s piano works offer playfulness and charm and more besides [JW]
Murschhauser: Prototypon Longo-Breve Organicum (Brilliant Classics)
Fine performances of liturgical organ music by a little-known master from South Germany [JV]
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Delphian)
Deeply committed performances, informed by consummate musicianship [SG]
Boccherini: String Quintets (MDG)
(Déjà Review) All praise to Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt, who play this little-known music with skill, imagination and true stylistic understanding [TB]
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Mascagni is a powerful advocate of his own music – his fluid, dramatic reading is filled with moving moments and telling detail [FC]
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Decca)
A recording for the ages, revealed in full splendour in a new re-mastering [JQ]
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin (Alpha Classics)
Worth hearing for the sheer beauty of Krimmel’s voice alone [DMD]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Archipel)
A faintly disguised incarnation of Karajan’s classic first studio recording with the BPO, which has long been available on other labels in somewhat superior sound [RMo]
Van der Pals: String Quartets Vol. 1 (cpo)
Gently melancholic chamber works from a less-well-remembered composer [JW]
Hindemith: Cardillac (BR Klassik)
A fine tribute to the late conductor which currently has the field to itself on CD [MP]
Fux: La corona d’Arianna (Arcana)
Cuts aside, a very fine performance of one of Fux’s works for the stage [JV]
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Chamber Symphony No. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Anyone who believes that Schoenberg is approachable only for the specialist listener should hear this disc [TB]
Stanford: Songs Vol. 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A good representation of the strength and variety of the central, most important, part of Stanford’s career [CH]
Warlock: Maltworms and Milkmaids (EM Records)
Exemplary performances and recording expose both the strengths and limitations of this elusive composer [NB]
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