Hänssler Classic

A most joyously agreeable introduction to Romberg and his inspirations [RB]

Refined playing with a big sound [ZT]

(Déjà Review) One of the finest recordings of the Goldberg Variations on piano currently available [KM]

Fabulous playing shows off Franck’s early virtuosity while impressing in the familiar late works [RCh]

Late-romantic works by a neglected Finnish composer in committed, well-recorded performances [EJW]

Worthy accounts of the Brahms violin sonatas on period instruments [MC]

Soloist Orazio Sciortino is in splendid form, so there is much to enjoy here [MC]

Played with sincerity, but the competition is fierce [MC]

(Déjà Review) No lover of fine chamber music should be without this disc [KS]

(Déjà Review) The Fine Arts Quartet enters into Wolf’s tormented world with total empathy [CH]

A really promising solo debut album [MC]

I’m still not entirely sold on CPE’s keyboard music, but the concertos’ slow movements did impress [DJB]

Symphonies 34 and 35 get entertainingly fresh, well balanced, focussed and detailed accounts but Symphony 36 is less secure [MG]

Full of melodies that please, but do not linger in the memory [DJB]

This protégé of Brahms had a definite gift for melody [DJB]

A chamber music pairing that reflects contrasting influences on a still little-known Austrian composer [JW]

A forgotten German composer well worth exploring [MSt]

Bernius does not disappoint in one of Schubert’s most memorable, songful masterpieces [LW]

Regerian inheritances haunt Johanna Senfter’s unsettled and largely melancholic viola works [JW]

These wind orchestra arrangements could hardly be better played [MC]

Gerhard Oppitz excels in Schumann works he has lived with his whole career [MC]

Two of Schulhoff’s finest works, both well performed and recorded [MC]

Four graceful concertante works of the mid to late 18th century, which may not excite but do entertain [DJB]

The romantic First Violin Concerto of Jan Kubelík receives a premiere recording [JW]