BR Klassik

Two disappointingly tame live performances [RMo]

Rewarding orchestral versions of Schubert songs, most sensitively performed [SB]

An excellent recording of a gripping but not loveable work [SB]

Charles Castronovo breathes new life to these smart orchestrations of Puccini’s piano songs [MC]

Simon Rattle’s traversal of the Ring finally reaches Siegfried, with highly recommendable results [PCG]

The luscious hot dance music of Eduard Künneke meets Eisler’s boring agit-prop [JW]

The choral singing is first class, but the soloists are disappointing; the two old Gardelli recordings are better [GF]

For those interested in the idea of Schubert’s songs with orchestral accompaniment [GF]

These are striking performances of Tchaikovsky’s renowned Fifth Symphony and Liszt’s Mazeppa [MC]

This concert performance of Cardillac makes a strong case for the opera [MC]

Another superlative rendering of a Bruckner symphony from Haitink [RMo]

Tough music but shot through with passion and humanity [DMD]

A fine tribute to the late conductor which currently has the field to itself on CD [MP]

These performances do not quite achieve the vitality and focus of my benchmarks [MC]

Haitink’s late trudge through Mahler’s Song of the Night [LD]

This illuminating performance is worth investigating [MP]

Some good things, but this is only for Jansons completists [SV]

Wise, seasoned Mozart that gets just about everything right [DMD]

Harding’s relaxed run around Holst’s solar system [LD]

Masterful, ideally executed and engineered recordings of Mozart’s three greatest symphonies [RMo]

A solid, “safe” account, hobbled by a dull, listless opening movement [RMo]

A good example of 1920s music in outstanding performances, let down by lack of texts [LW]

An unusual programme, attractive, but somewhat generic performances [PBW]

The refinement and lucid beauty of Caplet heard in a loving performance [JW]