Somm Recordings
Dodgson: Turn Ye to Me (SOMM Recordings)
A wonderful demonstration of the craft of the song composer from Stephen Dodgson [DHa]
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila & Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (SOMM Recordings)
A fabulous live performance of Scheherazade, caught on the wing [JQ]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Schubert, Wagner & Delius (SOMM)
The realisation of this current disc is everything the conductor’s admirers could wish for [JW]
Elgar: Choral Music (SOMM Recordings)
Essential listening if you love Elgar’s choral music [JQ]
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Beethoven: Symphony No.8 (SOMM Recordings)
Beecham full of flair but with somewhat foggy sonics in live Royal Festival Hall broadcasts [JW]
Elgar: The Songs (SOMM Recordings)
A welcome digital release of a collection of Elgar’s songs [JQ]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
Captivating performances of forgotten British gems [JF]
D Matthews: Orchestral Works (SOMM)
First recordings of three fascinating, recent works by perhaps the UK’s leading symphonic composer [GH]
Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (SOMM Recordings)
A very fine and fitting centenary tribute to Sir Charles Mackerras [JQ]
Schubert & Hummel: Piano Quintets (Somm)
A ‘Trout’ to challenge classic versions, exhibiting a welcome sense of forward drive, paired with a Hummel novelty [RMo]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor [JQ]
Matthews: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
A distinguished and important addition to the discography of David Matthews [JQ]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
A valuable, diverse and very well presented programme displays the composer’s strengths and weaknesses [NB]
Bax & Ireland: Works for Piano & Orchestra (Somm)
(Déjà Review) The Bax premiere is a revelation [RB]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Music (Somm)
A potpourri of largely unrecorded Coleridge-Taylor [JW]
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas No.6-8 (SOMM Recordings)
Compelling performances of three remarkable piano sonatas [JQ]
Poulenc plays Poulenc and Satie (SOMM Ariadne)
Entirely delightful music in engaging, expert performances [JQ]
British Piano Quintets (SOMM Recordings)
Four very different works form a generous and diverse programme [NB]
Dancing in Vienna (Somm Recordings)
An invitation to the dance from a master of the lighter style [PH]
British piano quintets (SOMM Recordings)
The essence of the jolly trout in rare British piano quintet repertory [PH]
Dancing in Vienna (Somm Recordings)
Enjoyable accounts of music from the dance floor and the concert hall [RMay]
Brahms/Strauss/Bax: The Beecham Collection (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Another hard-to-resist entrant for the Beecham collector [JW]





































