Nimbus Records

Continental Britons. The Émigré Composers (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) No one with the slightest interest in these composers can fail to be stirred by this release [JW]

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Menuhin conducts Prokofiev (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) An excellent document of Menuhin’s conducting prowess [OL]

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Mozart: Arias for Tenor (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) No one wanting an all-Mozart recital can possibly go wrong with this issue [GF]

Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 1 & Weber: Grand duo concertant for Clarinet & Piano (Nimbus)

A valuable twofer reissues a Jack Brymer recording from 1973 and presents a previously unissued one from nearly twenty years later [JW]

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Spanish Works for String Orchestra (Nimbus)

A well worked programme; not to be overlooked in the welter of releases and re-releases that continue to saturate the market [JW]

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My Fayre Ladye – Tudor Songs & Chant (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) This fine disc has worn very well [JW]

Mozart: Serenades (Nimbus Records)

Fresh as a daisy: beguiling playing and a big sound [RB]

Schubert: String Quintet (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) An excellent performance, intense and thrilling, elegant and thought-provoking [OL]

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Thomas: Sol (Nimbus)

A composer with a distinctive and beguiling voice [SB]

Telemann: Fantasias 1-12 (Nimbus)

First releases by an admirable, though now forgotten violinist [JW]

Bach Family: Chamber music for two flutes (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) Fine playing all round by a well matched and collegial ensemble [KS]

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Brahms arr. Joachim: Hungarian Dances (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) Surprises of this kind can’t come along too often [JW]

Toldra, Casals & Montsalvatge: Music for String Orchestra (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) An original and completely unhackneyed collection of Catalan music for string orchestra [RB]

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Tippett: Ritual Dances & Sosostris’s Aria (Nimbus)

The first and brilliant fruit of Nimbus’s joint project with the 84 year old composer [RB]

Vaughan Williams: String Quartets, Phantasy Quintet (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) A popular grouping of RVW’s chamber works played with emotional fervour [RB]

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Poulenc: Piano Music (Nimbus)

Another enjoyable rediscovery from Nimbus [DHa]

Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth: Songs (Nimbus Records)

(Déjà Review) English songs meet a thoughtful and highly sympathetic exponent with an unmistakable voice [RB]

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Grainger: Complete Piano Music (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) What a splendid undertaking [JW]

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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Nimbus)

One to lift the spirits [DC]

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Holst: The Planets (piano 4 hands) & Bowen: Piano Suites (Nimbus)

Utterly sympathetic and inspired [JF]

Glass: Music for organ (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) Superhuman performances in a fine recording [DC]

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The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1, 1900 – 1910 (Nimbus Prima Voce)

There is a reason why “The Golden Age of Singing” is so named here… [RMo]

Roger-Ducasse: Best of Martin Jones (Nimbus)

A concise survey of Jean Roger-Ducasse’s piano works [JF]

Beethoven: String Quartets Live (Nimbus)

(Déjà Review) A wonderful document of a significant segment of the core quartet repertoire [CC]