Schubert
Budapest Quartet: Early Recordings Vol 2 (Pristine Audio)
Finally, volume 2 appears and it’s well worth the wait [JW]
Fou Ts’ong plays Schubert (Pristine Audio)
In Fou Ts’ong, Schubert finds a true friend [NC]
Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Challenge Classics)
This finely considered account combines freshness with thematic and structural clarity [MG]
Beethoven: Symphony No 3; Schubert: Symphony No 9 (ICA Classics)
Boult in spirited form in his twilight years: no let-up in authority from the doyen of British conductors [JW]
Schubert: String Quartets (Hyperion)
Vehement, concentrated playing of the highest quality in an attractive pairing [RMo]
Moriz Rosenthal (piano) Complete Solo Recordings (APR)
The complete recorded legacy of a great Golden Age pianist, ideally transferred to CD [RWe]
Brindley Sherratt (bass): Fear No More (Delphian)
A splendid operatic bass in a new and satisfying context [WH]
Isolde Menges (violin) (Biddulph)
A great artist’s important legacy restored, including first recordings of Beethoven, Bach and Vaughan Williams [JW]
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor): Orchestral Anthology Vol 1 (Forgotten Records)
Schmidt-Isserstedt on light duties, pre-war, in an overture sequence [JW]
Wilhelm Grosz (conductor) 1933: Les Chefs proscrits (Forgotten Records)
The protean but short-lived Wilhelm Grosz in popular fare from Weimar Berlin [JW]
Schubert: Mayrhofer Lieder Vol 2 (Naxos)
Intimacy in music encapsulated on a small circle of plastic – remarkable and breathtaking [SA]
Schubert/Liszt: Der Wanderer (Piano Classics)
Liszt’s reworkings of Schubert are well worth considering [SB]
Radu Lupu (piano): Live Vol. 1 (Doremi)
Some welcome additions to the pianist’s discography [SG]
Cherubini Quartet: The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)
The Cherubini Quartet’s favourite and less well-remembered recordings [JW]
Sparks of Spirit (Audite)
This brother and sister team are winning in this engaging programme [RCh)
Erica Morini (violin) The Complete Victor Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Youthful Erica Morini’s earliest recordings from New Jersey show her scintillating in morceaux [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin): Complete AFRS Recordings and Live Performances (Biddulph)
An attractive programme of rare items from Szigeti’s discography [JW]
Jacqueline Delman (soprano) More from my archives (Oak Grove)
A valuable documentation of Delman’s versatility, musically, repertoire-wise and linguistically [GF]
Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Live Concert Edition (Meloclassic)
Indispensable for Kempff fans [SG]
Mischa Levitzki (piano): Complete HMV Recordings (APR)
This splendid twofer just shouldn’t be missed [SG]
Schubert: Mayrhofer-Lieder Volume 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) An outstanding contribution to lieder on record [CH]
Schubert: Symphony No 9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bernstein in genial mood directing a luscious-sounding Concertgebouworkest [RMo]
Thomas Jensen (conductor) Legacy Vol. 21 (Danacord)
New music, unfamiliar music and Light Music form this focused twofer [JW]
Hermann: Complete Surviving Music Vol. 3 (Toccata Classics)
A fitting finale to the three-volume Hermann series; a carousel of small pleasures [JW]