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Göran Forsling
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]
Ponchielli: I Lituani (Accentus Music)
I Lituani may not be on the same level as La Gioconda, but it shows that Ponchielli wasn’t a one-work composer [GF]
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (Signum Classics)
In times of war and unrest, this album from the masterly King’s Singers gives hope [GF]
Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande (Naxos)
No masterwork but an interesting find reawakened after two centuries [GF]
Eleonora Buratto: Indomita (Pentatone)
A thrilling programme and a valuable calling card for the art of Eleonora Buratto [GF]
Puccini: Tosca (Deutsche Grammophon)
The best Tosca released in the past half-century [GF]
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs (Hyperion)
Anyone wanting a collection of Fauré songs need look no further than this [GF]
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord): Harpsichord Music and Dances of Ancient Poland (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Wilful but utterly stimulating [GF]
