Schubert

Lieder recitals just don’t get much better than this [MC]

(Déjà Review) Leonskaja is an artist of the front rank and her interpretations have their own validity and abundant strengths [TB]

These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]

by Alan George

Sprightly Schubert from Bamberg in fresh transfers which breathe new life into old grooves [PH]

Hasselhorn weaves light and shadow into a unity in a fascinating programme, superbly sung [GF]

A centenary salute to the early months of the revolutionary electrical recording process [jw]

Luminous and insightful, supple and fluid playing, crisp and clear sound [SA]

(Déjà Review) Very satisfying, centred and gracious [RB]

The way Orion Weiss plays reflects his love of the works he has chosen [SA]

(Déjà Review) A stunning classic recording, reissued in a sensible pairing – a must-have! [PSh]

by Alan George

Bernstein advocates will surely want this meritorious recording [MC]

The playing by both soloists and Camerata Bern is faultless [SA]

An extraordinary recording debut: a self-accompanied recording of Winterreise which proves to be much more than just a gimmick [PT]

Dynamically small-scale but vocally very attractive readings, sensitively nuanced [GF]

Artist and instrument sound inseparable in both poetry and dynamism [MG]

Excellent restorations of Ormandy’s ‘World’s Greatest Music’ recordings of the late-30s [JW]

A splendidly remastered and historically important tranche of piano recordings [JW]

Heifetz caught live in broadcasts playing some discographic novelties into the bargain [JW]

A survey of recordings by Erik Möllerström, which is mainly of historical interest [ZT]

Bursting with life [ST]

A perfect picture of French pianism in the early part of the twentieth century [RCh]

A set to treasure [SG]