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John Quinn
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]
Berlioz: Te Deum (Profil)
Sir Colin’s performance of the Te Deum is a hugely impressive account of a great pièce d’occasion [JQ]
HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)
A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Gustav Holst [JQ]
de Hartmann: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto (Pentatone)
I enjoyed and admired the Cello Concerto, but I count the Violin Concerto as a major discovery [JQ]
Splendid Tears: Settings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (EM Records)
If you are interested in English song, you should certainly investigate this disc [JQ]
Adams: Girls of the Golden West (Nonesuch)
An uneven opera but it’s presented in a performance that crackles with electricity [JQ]
Sander: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (Orthodox Recordings)
A second excellent recording of Kurt Sander’s eloquent and beautiful score [JQ]
Reicha: Wind Quintets Vol. 6 (Crystal Records)
(Déjà Review) Fresh and appealing works [JQ]
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)
A very distinguished account of Bruckner’s Seventh symphony [JQ]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Terrific performances of three very contrasting Shostakovich symphonies [JQ]
Karłowicz: Three Symphonic Poems (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Passionate, intense, vivid, powerful and highly charged. This is the product of a fertile musical imagination [JQ]
Three Choirs Festival in Ten Concerts (Logaston Press)
A lively and perceptive introduction to the world’s oldest music festival [JQ]
Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concerti (Decca)
Terrific performances of two key works in the violin concerto repertoire [JQ]
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Naxos)
A splendid achievement that transcends occasional lapses of orchestral technique and sonic limitations [JQ]
Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Colorado MahlerFest)
This Mahler performance is well worth the attention of all devotees; the exciting coupling adds considerable value [JQ]
Pierre Monteux (conductor): Live (SOMM Recordings)
A handsome tribute to ‘Le Maître’ sixty years after his death [JQ]
Byrd: Anthems, Motets, Services (Alto)
A most enjoyable and nicely varied selection of pieces by Byrd [JQ]
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