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Handel: Italian Cantatas & Arias (cpo)
A selection of vocal and instrumental works from Handel’s Italian sojourn performed with flair [CRo]
Wellesz: String Quartets (cpo)
Vienna to Oxford: Quartets Reborn [JF]
Bembo: L’Ercole Amante (cpo)
A fine, newly discovered Baroque opera receives a confident debut recording [MP]
Vogler: Scala Symphony & Overtures (cpo)
Some fun new music from that neglected period between ‘Classical’ and ‘Romantic’ [DC]
Smethergell: Overtures (cpo)
More reclamations of the music of little-known William Smethergell – pleasing, charming music though rather niche [JW]
Gouvy: Symphony No 3 & 5 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Symphonies in an idiom between Bizet, Beethoven & Mendelssohn [RB]
Vanhal: Symphonies (cpo)
One of the best of the many 18th century symphonists in the shadow of Mozart and Haydn [DJB]
Rossini: Petite messe solennelle (cpo)
A swift and lean Petite Messe that doesn’t quite hit the spot [RMas]
Melartin: Symphonies 5 & 6 (cpo)
Music full of lyricism, depth and occasionally perplexing direction [JW]
A Busch: Piano Music (cpo)
Late romantic music from this legendary violinist including a concerto that deserves attention [RCh]
British Music for Strings IV (cpo)
Light suites and chamber-scaled orchestral pieces by amiable British composers [JW]
Telemann: Cantatas, Vol 1 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding collection of high Baroque cantatas sung with conviction, gentle authority and perception [MS]
Benda: Six Violin Sonatas (cpo)
(Déjà Review) The first recording ever entirely devoted to the technically demanding and musically enthralling violin sonatas by Franz Benda [JV]
Traetta: Rex Salomon (CPO)
Vivid recording of a rewarding forgotten oratorio [CRo]
Barraine: Symphonies 1 and 2 (cpo)
Impressive music, very well performed and recorded presents an unfamiliar composer with a confident musical personality [NB]
Wilms: Symphony No.6, Overtures (cpo)
Worthy structures, still too decorative for some tastes [SV]
Monteverdi: Messa per Maria Salute (CPO)
A convincing reconstruction, but no texts [SB]
Moór: Complete Piano Trios (cpo)
Thoroughly enjoyable Brahmsian trios that should have been given their first recordings long before now [DJB]
Khachaturian: Symphony No. 1 (cpo)
Unfamiliar music, yet you’ve heard it all before [SV]
Gernsheim: Concertos (cpo)
Fascinating, unduly neglected repertoire, very well performed and recorded [JWe]
Liechtenauer: Masses (cpo)
A well-deserved monument to a forgotten composer [JV]
Farrenc, Firsova & Bonis: Chamber Music (cpo)
A fascinating grouping of fine, rarely heard works which deserve to be better known [GH]
Beck: Symphonies No 1-3 (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Another unearthed gem, sensitively performed and beautifully recorded [DBl]
G Schumann: Ruth (cpo)
An outstanding release of a major oratorio of late German Romanticism ripe for rediscovery [PH]
