Decca
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)
Lim’s Carnegie Hall Goldbergs failed to engage me at all [DJB]
Lise Davidsen: Live at the Met (Decca)
The greatest soprano of our age in recital from the stage of the Met [PH]
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)
If perfection exists in a recording of this greatest of Baroque solo instrument works, it is here [RMo]
Rutter: Orchestral Works (Decca)
A different side of John Rutter in authoritative performances [LW]
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Decca)
A poised, classical account, beautifully played and recorded, but occasionally lacking the last degree of intensity [RMo]
The Mozart Album – Daniele de Niesse (Decca)
(Déjà Review) An interesting and enjoyable collection from a young singer on the crest of a wave [RJF]
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Decca)
A breath of fresh air [DC]
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Fully in touch with Gluck’s keen sense of drama [ST]
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Still one of the best at any price [DC]
The Verdi Tenor: Marcelo Alvarez (Decca)
(Déjà Review) A worthy survey of Alvarez’s Verdi career [ST]
Danielle de Niese: The Mozart Album (Decca)
(Déjà Review) In spite of some reservations there is a lot to admire here [GF]
Puccini: La bohème (Decca)
(Déjà Review) One of the greatest opera recordings of all time! [GF]
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suites (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Compact good value and pleasing musical sense [RB]
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Metamorphosen (Decca)
If you like your Richard Strauss vigorous and in full technicolour sound, then you will want to hear this performance [TP]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse (Decca)
Mäkelä disappoints in French music [LD]
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 (Decca)
Lim’s superb musicianship and technical brilliance do not quite match the magic of the Horowitz-Ormandy live performance [RMo]
Chopin: Piano music (Decca)
A rewarding recital, if you can take to the first Ballade [SB]
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto 2 & Britten: Cello Sonata (Decca)
Some of the 20th century’s greatest cello music, superbly played and recorded [GPJ]
Puccini: Tosca (Decca)
A rare misfire in Decca’s hugely impressive opera back-catalogue [LD]
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Decca)
A fine Dutchman whose focus is firmly centred upon Lise Davidsen’s radiant Senta [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony 9 (Decca)
An interesting, provocative reading of the Symphony and the performances of the songs are very good [JQ]
Mozart: The Great Symphonies 21-41 (Decca)
Classic accounts from a Mozart specialist, full of life and spirit [RMo]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Compellingly truthful performances of a triptych of Shostakovich symphonies [AG]





































