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Roy Westbrook
Schubert & Loewe: Songs (Alpha Classics)
A well-structured programme, excellent performance and recording [RWe]
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto, Sonata for Cello, Sonata for Cello and Piano (BIS)
Useful programme, fine execution [RWe]
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1-10 (BIS)
A distinctive addition to the catalogue, with potential for growing appreciation [RWe]
Liszt: Unrivalled (Odradek)
The recital, sampling Liszt’s vast piano solo output, does justice to the varied styles [RWe]
Massenet: Werther (Bru Zane)
A version with a baritone title role, much more than a curiosity [RWe]
Shostakovich & Pärt: Symphony No 13, De profundis (Chandos)
A fine, very well-recorded addition to the Storgårds traversal [RWe]
Moriz Rosenthal (piano) Complete Solo Recordings (APR)
The complete recorded legacy of a great Golden Age pianist, ideally transferred to CD [RWe]
Wagner: The Complete Experience and its Meaning to Us (De la Porte Publishing)
Now a truly complete guide to Wagner’s operas, in a fine new edition [RWe]
Shostakovich: String Quartets No 9 & 15 (Signum Classics)
Another fine disc from a quartet close to this repertoire [RWe]
Bloch, Bruch & Dohnányi: Cello & Orchestra (Claves)
An impressive young cellist in an attractive programme [RWe]
Essential Royal Ballet; Pas de Deux (Opus Arte)
A fine starter pack for exploring top-notch live ballet on film [RWe]
Ravel: Complete Solo Piano Music Vol. 3 (Danacord)
The main works are ill-served by eccentric tempi and phrasing [RWe]
Donizetti: La favorite (Dynamic)
“La favorite” is well served in a complete new edition, well sung and staged [RWe]
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta & The Nutcracker (C Major)
A conflation of opera and ballet, well-staged and performed, more than a seasonal song-and-dance show [RWe]
Puccini: Tosca (Unitel Editions)
Three impressive lead singers in a remarkably innovative staging which leaves the historic context far behind [RWe]
Hélène Grimaud (piano) Mozart & Schumann (C major)
A very fine orchestra and pianist in a concert of some distinction [RWe]
Rossini: La donna del lago (C Major)
A musically outstanding but unusual production of Rossini’s splendid opera [RWe]
A Scarlatti: La sposa dei cantici (Acis)
An Alessandro Scarlatti world premiere in splendid performance [RWe]
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos, Rhapsody (Channel Classics)
An individual, quite impressive view of these masterworks [RWe]
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings)
This superb version shows the work to be better than its reputation [RWe]
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 & Preludes (Alpha Classics)
The key release of Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary year – a revelation [RWe]
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