Naxos
R Strauss: Arabella (Naxos)
An excellent film of a good production and performance [RWe]
Rodrigo: Piano Music, Vol 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Constantly invigorating, inspiring music, played in masterly fashion [GF]
Homs: Music for Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) This offers the best introduction possible to the composer’s personal, endearing sound-world [HC]
Handel: Music for the Chapel Royal (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The Musicians Extra-ordinary sound like an expert group of specialists [JW]
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol. 24 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) One senses Andaloro’s complete involvement with the significant demands of Liszt’s challenging music [MC]
Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor (Naxos)
This latest addition to the rather meagre discography of Lucie de Lammermoor will leave no one feeling shortchanged [GF]
Adam: Griseldis, ou Les cinq sens (Naxos)
A delightful and important rediscovery [RMay]
Brian: Symphony 1 (Naxos)
A work of staggering scale and substance superbly recorded [RB]
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Naxos Historical)
(Déjà Review) An astonishing survival of a cherishable tradition, bringing unique insights and the lifetime’s experience of a great conductor [LF]
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonies 1 and 2 (Naxos)
Another fine addition to this series showcasing the stylistic range of the composer [NB]
Rossini: La pietra del paragone (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A multitude of thanks are due to Naxos for this, proof positive that there is infinite joy to be gleaned from Rossinian by-roads [CC]
Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor (Naxos)
A thoroughly enjoyable, beautifully sung outing for this rarely heard version of Donizetti’s masterpiece [RMo]
Santoro: Complete Piano Sonatas (Naxos)
A telling survey of Santoro’s musical progress over half a century [HC]
Schumann: Piano Quintet & Brahms: Piano Quartet No 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) This recording has been absent from the catalogues for too long [JW]
Ives: Orchestral Works (Naxos)
Delightful, typically idiosyncratic but inessential Ives [PBW]
Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra (Naxos)
Terse music given flabby performances [NB]
Miranda: Music for Piano and Orchestra (Naxos)
An enjoyable introduction to a clearly gifted composer [PRJ]
Virtuoso – Music for Euphonium and Brass Band (Naxos)
Intriguing arrangements for brass band of some well-known works [KT]
Busoni: Piano Music Vol. 13 (Naxos)
Wolf Harden brings his survey to end with something of a miscellany to tie up loose ends [RCh]
Jascha Heifetz (violin) Sonatas (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) No Heifetz admirer should be without this [JW]
Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande (Naxos)
No masterwork but an interesting find reawakened after two centuries [GF]
Say: Violin Concerto No.2, chamber works (Naxos)
The music of this refreshingly different composer holds one firmly in its grip [SA]
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Naxos)
This version has much to commend it but it doesn’t displace existing recommendations [JQ]
R Strauss: Arabella (Naxos)
A disappointing version of a disappointing work [SB]
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