Naxos

(Déjà Review) Between Engeset and the RSNO, this music is coaxed into shape without effort or artificiality. Highly recommended [GH]

A well-sung performance of a little-recorded work [RWe]

A thoroughly enjoyable disc, fascinating music atmospherically played and well recorded [GPu]

(Déjà Review) Overall a superlative disc, with flawless and very characterful performances [EML]

(Déjà Review) I’ve little doubt it will be the definitive version for many years to come [AO]

Alsop’s Brahms series has gotten off to an excellent start [PCW]

Auspicious beginning to a series of Mozart’s Masses [DF]

(Déjà Review) Should win many new friends for Alfvén’s music [WT]

There are better choices on CD and on video [GF]

An enjoyable, well-designed program, superbly played by a young ensemble [JH]

A dazzling achievement all around [MP]

A heroic performance of a remarkable piano concerto [JF]

Another winner from Naxos [ZT]

A delight – puts a smile on your face and a sense of joy and beauty in your heart [MMB]

A musically splendid new video production of Delibes’s opera can do little to mask the more unsavoury aspects of the story [PCG]

Two attractive examples of this prominent American composer’s work [SB]

Committed performances of works of cultural rather than musical significance [NB]

A laudable addition to the discography of Mozart’s unfinished ‘Great’ Mass [DF]

Mid-20th century Americanism in works of universal appeal [JF]

Impressive and likely to remain unchallenged for a very long time [MP]

A first video release of a rare Schreker opera deserves a heartfelt welcome [PCG]

A beautiful, approachable vocal symphony coupled with two concertante works [WH]

A brilliant idea, well executed [SB]

(Déjà Review) Though not quite ideal in the popular Fantasia, this version of Hodie brings to life a work which I had previously written off as one of RVW’s few failures [BW]