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Göran Forsling
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]
Messiaen: Les Oiseaux (Analekta)
(Déjà Review) Fascinating music, idiomatically played [GF]
Scriabin: Piano Music (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Stunning pianism and clever programming [GF]
Roman: The Swedish Virtuoso (Proprius)
(Déjà Review) In every respect a superb disc [GF]
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Pristine Audio)
With Pristine’s remastering, this becomes a worthy alternative to more modern recordings [GF]
Liszt: Liszt Abroad (Signum Classics)
(Déjà Review) Should be heard by every lover of songs [GF]
Handel: Great Handel Choruses (BIS)
Look no further for a cross-section of Handel’s best choral music [GF]
Jewish Vienna (Onyx)
A beautiful programme, exquisitely performed, with Chen Reiss in top form [GF]
Grieg: Lyrical Travels (Simax Classics)
(Déjà Review) A fresh and thought-provoking approach to these well-known but often castigated pieces [GF]
Grieg: Orchestrated Piano Pieces (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Piano works by Grieg in orchestral garb by some important colleagues superbly played [GF]
Torsten Mossberg (tenor): Once love was a song (Sterling)
A stimulating portrait of the most versatile Swedish poet of the late 20th century in music just as stimulating [GF]
Wagner: Siegfried (Opus Arte)
This Siegfried definitely had me hooked from beginning to end [GF]
Mozart: Arie e Duetti (CBC)
(Déjà Review) An opportunity to hear a sensational new soprano and two very good male colleagues [GF]
Benjamin Appl (baritone) Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Alpha Classics)
A cornucopia of wonderful songs, superbly sung, for every lover of art songs to delve into [GF]
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) (Apex)
(Déjà Review) A very fine live recording which is up there with the best [GF]
Nielsen & Aho: Clarinet Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A clear winner on all accounts and Aho’s concerto is destined to be a standard work [GF]
Rodrigo: Piano Music, Vol 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Constantly invigorating, inspiring music, played in masterly fashion [GF]
Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor (Naxos)
This latest addition to the rather meagre discography of Lucie de Lammermoor will leave no one feeling shortchanged [GF]
Rafael Serrallet (guitar) Y el canto de todas (Private release)
Anyone with a liking for melodic music should enjoy this collection of lollipops [GF]
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Committed playing from Menuhin’s Indian Summer, excellently partnered by son Jeremy [GF]
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Orfeo)
Plácido Domingo‘s formidable reading of the title role, and excellent singing by others [GF]
Stefan Pop (tenor): Canto per te (EuroArts)
Those with an interest in this repertoire should not hesitate to get this disc [GF]
Cançioneta: Works for Guitar (Navona)
Rarely heard Spanish guitar works from the mid-20th century, recorded in historically authentic sound [GF]
