Naxos

Elegant and distinctive music by an overlooked original [NC]

Wonderful playing and recording of some fairly modest music – with one notable exception [NB]

Find out more about a little-known but significant figure in Lithuanian twentieth-century music [GH]

Marin Alsop is unbeatable in this type of repertoire [PRJ]

Attractive and interesting works here receive idiomatic and exciting performances [NB]

A happy release due to Fogliani’s impressive conducting, although there are a few reservations about the singing [MP]

A complete recording of Donizetti’s La Favorite is let down by some less than beautiful singing [PT]

(Déjà Review) One work holds up quite well to the Haydn and Mozart models, and the other is close to being a masterpiece of early romanticism [DS]

Hard to fault, easy to accolade [ZT]

(Déjà Review) The best single CD introduction to the major works of Alwyn [RB]

Admirers of the composer will want to explore her choral works [WH]

Everything is played with a life and energy that left me dancing around the room by the disc’s end [KS]

Serious, but highly listenable music from an under-recorded American giant [NH]

This praiseworthy live recording of L’Africaine will undoubtedly assist Meyerbeer’s rehabilitation [MC]

Two of the works which made Silvestrov’s reputation, in good performances [SB]

A pleasant mix of arrangements and original compositions – a lovely disc [HC]

A very enjoyable and well-played survey of an under-represented composer although the sound is not ideal [NB]

(Déjà Review) An attractive disc which fills some useful gaps in the Hanson discography [JQ]

A many faceted and thrilling disc of works by a distinctly individual composer – and all the works are first-time commercial recordings [GF]

Another impressive Latin-American composer, presented in compelling performances [NB]

Reconstructed concertos for oboe and oboe d’amore constitute a musical treat for lovers of Bach’s music [ZT]

A welcome chance to reassess Meyerbeer’s posthumous opera in a new critical edition [MP]

(Déjà Review) America is fantastic, gorgeous, exciting and brilliant, fun, tuneful and moving [JF]

A delightful disc with obvious affection for both the composer and the works [SA]