cpo
Molino: Chamber Works for Flute, Violin & Guitar (cpo)
Effortlessly tuneful music in fine performances [BW]
Graupner: Sinfonias (cpo)
A well full of treats for lovers of unusual baroque period music [DC]
Kaun: Symphony No 2, Sir John Falstaff (cpo)
Throwing light on yet another neglected late-Romantic German composer [EJW]
Strozzi: A Portrait in 5 Acts – Duets for 2 Sopranos (cpo)
An excellent chance to acquaint oneself with an outstanding female composer of the 17th century [MP]
Van Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens (cpo)
A desirable disc of music by an underappreciated Dutch composer [EJW]
Telemann: Sieg der Schönheit (cpo)
Superbly produced and significant period opera with much to commend it [DC]
Kaun: Symphony 2 & Sir John Falstaff – A Humoresque (cpo)
Entertaining and transiently gripping but not compelling [RB]
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets (cpo)
Impressive Mendelssohn, and more so than you might expect [DC]
Ries: Concert Overtures (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Strong performances of music that is soft-toned in colour yet engaging to the ear [RW]
Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade (1734) (cpo)
One of Vivaldi’s best operas receives a recording which succeeds in most regards [MP]
Bonis: Orchestral Works (cpo)
Pretty, but ultimately rather shallow music, not a patch on her chamber works [DJB]
Baroque German Bass Cantatas (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Cantatas by completely unknown German composers of the early 18th century – music and performances of high quality [JV]
Aga Mikolaj sings Strauss & Mozart: Songs (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Mikolaj certainly deserves to be heard alongside the greats [Byz]
Arnold Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony 2 (cpo)
Full-lipped and high-tensile writing [RB]
Stamitz: Four Symphonies (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Shows Carl Stamitz the symphonist in a strong light [DC]
Brambach: Complete Piano Quartets & Piano Sextet op. 5 (cpo)
A collection of chamber music deserving of its moment in the spotlight [DC]
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage II – Italie (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Leaves you wanting more [DC]
Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1 & Piano Quintet op. 29 (cpo)
Ginastera’s impressive chamber music and well-played Ravel [SB]
Brambach: Complete Piano Quartets & Piano Sextet (cpo)
Brambach receives his first recordings with these well-crafted works [DJB]
Schuback: Brockes-Passion (cpo)
A major discovery, which deserves to be treated on equal footing with the better-known versions of Telemann and Handel [JV]






































