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Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea (EMI Classics)
RVW’s dark, atmospheric Irish tragedy and two works lamenting and celebrating the power of love [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 (Gramola)
Ballot’s somewhat pacier re-make of the Ninth combines grandeur with a certain deliberateness, while the finale fragments provide scholarly interest [RMo]
Bach: Water Through Ice (Diversions)
Crudely played and recorded, this simply cannot be recommended [RMo]
JS Bach: The Cello Suites · Guitar Transcriptions (IBS Classical)
A thoroughly convincing, beautifully played, and sensitively transcribed version of these masterworks [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Warner Classics)
A loving, dedicated performance which combines drama, mystery and, ultimately, triumph [RMo]
Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Lean and lovely Sibelius, consistent and convincing throughout [RMo]
Beethoven: Symphony 5 & Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (BR Klassik)
First releases of the second of only two appearances by Ozawa with the BRSO in satisfying, if unremarkable, performances [RMo]
Dvořák: Symphony No.9; Simon: Four Black American Dances (Reference Recording
A vivid, thrilling account of a warhorse symphony as the main course, enough to reinvigorate any jaded palate – followed by a piquant dessert [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Hänssler Profil)
Schaller concludes his BRUCKNER2024 project with a magnificent, driven performance [RMo]
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 and 4 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Exuberant, big-boned, Romantic readings, far from the light classicality of other interpreters [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No.9 (Hänssler Profil)
A swift, driven, thrilling and cohesive live performance of Schaller’s completion of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony [RMo]
Montserrat Caballé (soprano): Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi: Rarities (RCA)
A classic recording which as a collection represents a repository of all that was best about Caballé’s art [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony No.5 (Reference Recordings)
A splendid first recording of a Mahler symphony by Runnicles, in exceptionally fine sound [RMo]
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerti No.1, 27 (Alpha Classics)
A prevailingly cheerful and upbeat recital, aptly programmed and joyfully executed [RMo]
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Recursive Classics)
A daring and innovative performance of one of the most sheerly enjoyable works in the High Romantic repertoire [RMo]
Mahler: Lieder der Jugend (Signum Classics)
A pleasant enough collection of no great distinction except for Sophie Rennert’s contribution [RMo]
Stokowski: Transcriptions (Warner Classics)
Wonderfully rich, inventive and atmospheric transcriptions by the greatest showman in classical music [RMo]
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, etc (Apex)
A classic recording of a trio of thoroughly enjoyable masterworks by Dukas, impeccably played [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Profil)
The finest recording yet of Schaller’s completion of Bruckner’s Ninth, enhanced by the prowess of a great orchestra recorded in studio sound [RMo]
Handel: Orlando (Erato)
Not perhaps one of Handel’s greatest operas but still much to enjoy and as well performed as one could wish [RMo]
Bellini’s Il pirata – a survey of the recordings
by Ralph Moore
Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Karajan and the BPO at their immaculate best in sparkling, supremely cultivated performances [RMo]
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A seminal collection of recordings of the staple Romantic repertoire by a great conductor [RMo]
