Forgotten Records

(Déjà Review) Sympathetic, legato-conscious performances [JW]

(Déjà Review) An outstanding Beethoven Seventh, but the rest of the programme is very mixed [WH]

(Déjà Review) Fresh and full of life, and will leave you wishing there was more [GA]

(Déjà Review) Blech conveys well the feeling behind the classical restraint [MG]

(Déjà Review) I don’t think I’ve heard a finer Schubert 4 [CH]

(Déjà Review) The Jochum brothers’ reputations don’t need to be reversed, but it’s quite an enjoyable peep into the past [CH]

(Déjà Review) All lovers of elegant stylish Mozart singing should lend an ear to this disc [GF]

(Déjà Review) Deeply satisfying [GF]

An intriguing historical recording of de Falla’s piano works [RMas]

Thoroughly professional, historical performances of Liszt [RMas]

Intriguing Mendelssohn from two little-known pianists [RMas]

Strong performances by a neglected pianist [RMas]

Outgunned by the competition, but still worth a listen [PH]

A perfect blend of two great piano traditions from an unremembered master of the keyboard [PH]

Sprightly Schubert from Bamberg in fresh transfers which breathe new life into old grooves [PH]

Apart from the lack of any documentation, this is a most interesting release [JQ]

Intriguing Belgian works from 1955 Decca LPs in good, clear transfers [JW]

A performance of exquisite refinement [SG]

An early electrically recorded Scheherazade from a distinctive Parisian orchestra and conductor [JW]

Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]

Schmidt-Isserstedt on light duties, pre-war, in an overture sequence [JW]

A lesser light in German conducting flourishes in light overtures and waltzes in Weimar Berlin [JW]

The protean but short-lived Wilhelm Grosz in popular fare from Weimar Berlin [JW]

Performances  of elegance and charm [SG]