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John Quinn

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Rodgers: Carousel (Chandos)

Wilson and his colleagues do full justice to this Broadway masterpiece [JQ]

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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]

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Bruckner: From the Archives Vol 3 (SOMM Recordings)

A good archive reading of Bruckner’s Third symphony and a more questionable Fourth [JQ]

Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen (NCM)

An ear-opening disc [JQ]

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Mendelssohn: Elijah (LSO Live)

A tremendous performance [JQ]

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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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Berlioz: Te Deum (Profil)

Sir Colin’s performance of the Te Deum is a hugely impressive account of a great pièce d’occasion [JQ]

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HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)

A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Gustav Holst [JQ]

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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]

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Splendid Tears: Settings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (EM Records)

If you are interested in English song, you should certainly investigate this disc [JQ]

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Adams: Girls of the Golden West (Nonesuch)

An uneven opera but it’s presented in a performance that crackles with electricity [JQ]

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Sander: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom (Orthodox Recordings)

A second excellent recording of Kurt Sander’s eloquent and beautiful score [JQ]

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Reicha: Wind Quintets Vol. 6 (Crystal Records)

(Déjà Review) Fresh and appealing works [JQ]

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Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)

A very distinguished account of Bruckner’s Seventh symphony [JQ]

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Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)

Terrific performances of three very contrasting Shostakovich symphonies [JQ]

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Karłowicz: Three Symphonic Poems (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Passionate, intense, vivid, powerful and highly charged. This is the product of a fertile musical imagination [JQ]

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Three Choirs Festival in Ten Concerts (Logaston Press)

A lively and perceptive introduction to the world’s oldest music festival [JQ]

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Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concerti (Decca)

Terrific performances of two key works in the violin concerto repertoire [JQ]

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Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Naxos)

A splendid achievement that transcends occasional lapses of orchestral technique and sonic limitations [JQ]

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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]

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Byrd: Anthems, Motets, Services (Alto)

A most enjoyable and nicely varied selection of pieces by Byrd [JQ]