Naxos

Wondrously fervent, hot-house stuff … upon you with tiger-like ferocity [RB]

Sunny and engaging music, far removed from the typical late Romantic fare [DJB]

(Déjà Review) This cycle is looking likely to be among the best on record [DS]

Bravura performances cannot prevent ‘modern’ music from showing its age [NB]

Yet another facet of Santoro’s musical progress [HC]

A modernist take on Ligeti’s marvellous Études, with interesting extras [SB]

Exemplary justice done … ecstatic filigree and truculent brass artillery [RB]

Colourful and quirky Ives receiving skilled if somewhat studious performances [NB]

(Déjà Review) An interesting and worthwhile issue in every way [TB]

(Déjà Review) Performances that shine through the old recorded sound [JL]

Naxos has done English choral music proud in the last few years and this is another fine release [JQ]

Okko Kamu gives voice to one of Sibelius’s most enigmatic utterances [RB]

Band music by a group of Belgian composers, worth repeated hearing [HC]

(Déjà Review) Some of the most glorious tenor singing ever recorded [GF]

(Déjà Review) Excellent recording, excellent Liszt playing, at times verging upon the legendary [PSh]

(Déjà Review) A fine introduction to the orchestral music of Frank Bridge [JF]

A clever coupling by Falletta and Naxos [PCG]

An enjoyable and intriguing film that’s well worth seeking out [RMay]

Masterful Czerny delights, superbly played [RW]

A compelling case for the guitar works of a neglected British composer [SW]

(Déjà Review) An exceptionally powerful musical and dramatic experience [GPJ]

A benchmark production of Offenbach’s opéra bouffe, subtle yet full of colour [RW]

Fine music by a composer who really had something to say [JQ]

Offers more than a servant’s entrance to this disregarded composer’s heritage [RB]