Naxos
Vierne: Complete Piano Works 2 (Naxos)
A composer celebrated for his organ music shows his prowess as a creator of distinctive and rewarding piano music [MS]
Schubert: Eine Winterreise (Naxos)
Musically excellent and dramatically intriguing re-imagining of Schubert’s story [RWe]
Puts: The City (Naxos)
Three substantial and very fine orchestral works; the Marimba Concerto is a joy [DJB]
Gomes: Opera Overtures and Preludes (Naxos)
Enjoyably tuneful music, a delight in these attractive accounts [RMay]
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Commitment … involvement … a feeling of wonder [SA]
The State Opera (Naxos)
Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]
Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo (Naxos)
Cavalieri’s pioneering work given a modern interpretation with mixed results [PCG]
Rachmaninov: Symphonies (Naxos)
Slatkin’s cycle emphasises the composer’s structural mastery [PCG]
Zador: Celebration Music (Naxos)
The Zádor rehabilitation continues with a valuable and enjoyable seventh disc [NB]
Lane: Sleighbell Serenade (Naxos)
Craftsmanship, orchestral finesse and an obvious love of light music [JF]
Korngold: String Quartets No. 1-3 (Naxos)
Remarkable playing that misses the range of Korngold’s elusive moods [NB]
Sinigaglia: Works for String Quartet Vol 2 (Naxos)
Generously light-hearted and romantically ripe works [JW]
Scriabin: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The 1889 sonata makes this disc a mandatory acquisition for Scriabin completists, and worth hearing for the other works [SJ]
Das Partiturbuch (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An entertaining and instructive collection, which whets the appetite for more music by these composers [GPJ]
Scriabin: Symphony 2 (Naxos)
Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic have the measure of Scriabin [LW]
Wolf-Ferrari: Das Himmelskleid (Naxos)
A fine performance of an opera that may be best left forgotten [MP]
Britten: Orchestral works (Naxos)
Another spectacular and poetic Britten collection ex-Collins courtesy of Naxos [EM]
Malipiero, Ghedini & Casella: Cello & Orchestra (Naxos)
Ghedini’s work is the standout on this well-played, interesting disc [GPu]
Walton: Choral works (Naxos)
Some very fine music in absolutely top class performances which are accorded recorded sound of comparable excellence [JQ]
German: Symphony 2 (Naxos)
A worthy re-issue of one of the finest pre-Elgarian British symphonies [GH]
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues (Naxos)
A delicacy and deftness of touch in the playing, allied with a natural sense of line and phrasing which can be both compelling and moving [CT]
Karłowicz: Symphonic Poems Vol. 1 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) For lovers of inflated Late-Romanticism, this is treasure trove [IL]
Beethoven: Piano Concerti 3 & 4 (Naxos)
Virtuosic pianism somewhat undermined by reticent accompaniment and an unnatural recorded balance [RMo]
Raízes: Portuguese Chamber Music (Naxos)
Relaxed and often light of heart [RB]
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