Schubert
Rosa Ponselle: Songs and Arias (Naxos Great Singers)
(Déjà Review) We must be grateful for the opportunity to hear this great soprano [ABo]
Victor Schiøler (piano): The Great Danish Pianist Volume 7 (Danacord)
Rare and previously unpublished material enliven another Schiøler release from Danacord [JW]
Daisy Kennedy (violin): The Complete Recordings (Biddulph)
The characterful Australian Daisy Kennedy’s entire discography is restored [JW]
Schubert: Quintette Imaginaire (Alpha)
A curiosity, but also a missed opportunity [ST]
London String Quartet plays Schubert and Bridge (Pristine Audio)
An excellent inaugural release in a new chamber series from Pristine Audio [JW]
Catherine Collard (piano): En Concert 1969-1972 (Solstice)
Vivid playing by a pianist who passed too soon [RCh]
Schubert: Octet
by Alan George
Brahms & Schubert: Piano music (BIS)
Clever programming and remarkable playing: Kantorow is the real deal [ST]
Benjamin Appl: For Dieter – Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Alpha Classics)
A personal and touching tribute from Benjamin Appl to his mentor [DHa]
Poulenc: Gloria & Schubert: Mass No 5 (Berlin Classics)
The youth choir Dresdner Kreuzchor struggles to produce a sound strong enough for these works [GPJ]
Schubert: String Quintet, Symphony No.5 (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) One classic and one slight disappointment [JW]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]
Benjamin Appl (baritone) Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Alpha Classics)
A cornucopia of wonderful songs, superbly sung, for every lover of art songs to delve into [GF]
The Art of the Vienna Horn (Naxos)
The recital as a whole is so obviously enjoyable and totally recommendable [WH]
Jörg Demus (piano): The Dresden Concerts 1962-1972 (Meloclassics)
A multi-faceted pianist in repertoire close to his heart [RCh]
Schubert: Piano Music (Hyperion)
All round excellence from one of our greatest pianists [PH]
Schubert: Piano Trios 1 & 2 (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Goes straight to the top for my recommendations of these wonderful works [TH]
Silence is Golden. Arrangements for soprano, piano & clarinet (Hänssler Classic)
An entertaining ‘dramedy’ album [DHa]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]
Schubert: Symphony 9 (Tudor)
A superb version that captures the spirit of Schubert and yet manages to be individual [PCW]
Schubert: String Quintet
by Alan George
Schubert’s Dream of Eden
by Wilfrid Mellers
Unpublished! Spalding and Dohnányi in Concert (Parnassus)
Albert Spalding in the sunset of his career accompanied by Dohnányi in a sonata sequence [JW]
Le Temps suspendu: Beethoven & Schubert (B Records)
Superlative, daringly innovative accounts of two Romantic chamber music masterpieces [RMo]
