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John Quinn
A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)
This disc will delight you if you should find it under the tree on Christmas morning [JQ]
Smetana: Orchestral works (SOMM Recordings)
A valuable archive bicentenary tribute to Bedřich Smetana [JQ]
Nesbit: Nativity (Delphian)
Inventive, interesting and accessible music, displaying an original approach to Christmas music [JQ]
News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford (Resonus)
An enjoyable, thoughtfully prepared Christmas album [JQ]
Simon: 4 Symphonic Works (National Symphony Orchestra)
A stimulating and enjoyable album [JQ]
Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé, Chant Elégiaque (Alpha Classics)
Schmitt’s complete ballet in opulent orchestral dress, marvellously played [JQ]
Beethoven: Piano Concerti 4 & 5 (Hänssler Classic)
(Déjà Review) Admirers of this great German pianist should certainly snap this up [JQ]
Jackson: The Christmas Story (Delphian)
An important, eloquent and compelling addition to the Christmas repertoire in an accomplished first recording [JQ]
Eduard van Beinum (conductor): Weber, Ravel & Berlioz (Forgotten Records)
Apart from the lack of any documentation, this is a most interesting release [JQ]
Brahms: Violin Concerto; Nielsen: Symphony No.5 (C Major)
Blomstedt leads a distinguished Nielsen Fifth; the Brahms is less memorable [JQ]
Bruckner: From the Archives Vol 4 (SOMM Ariadne)
A very welcome further installment in this significant historical Bruckner series [JQ]
Awakenings (Avi-Music)
The most exciting vocal recital disc I’ve heard in a long while [JQ]
Taneyev: Symphonies (Chandos/Presto)
Two most interesting Russian symphonies in accomplished and committed performances [JQ]
Dvořák: Symphonies No.6-9; Smetana: Má vlast; Janáček: Sinfonietta (LSO Live)
A fitting celebration of the Year of Czech Music and the silver jubilee of LSO Live [JQ]
Rodgers: Carousel (Chandos)
Wilson and his colleagues do full justice to this Broadway masterpiece [JQ]
Strohl: Songs (La Boîte à Pépites)
Many fine songs, all presented in first-rate performances [JQ]
Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix (cpo)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest organ discs I’ve heard in years [JQ]
Bruckner: From the Archives Vol 3 (SOMM Recordings)
A good archive reading of Bruckner’s Third symphony and a more questionable Fourth [JQ]
The French Album (Orchid Classics)
This is a very fine disc; in fact, c’est magnifique! [JQ]
Bliss: Works for Brass Band (Chandos)
This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]
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