SOMM Recordings

(Déjà Review) No enthusiast for Les Troyens should be without this set [JS]

Continued reclamation of Charles Wood’s string quartets in generous performances [JW]

Imaginative programming presents two Clarinet novelties and an established classic [JW]

A wonderful demonstration of the craft of the song composer from Stephen Dodgson [DHa]

A fabulous live performance of Scheherazade, caught on the wing [JQ]

The realisation of this current disc is everything the conductor’s admirers could wish for [JW]

An outstanding recital [RBe]

Presenting Navarra’s known strengths and adding Varga’s now forgotten qualities [JW]

Essential listening if you love Elgar’s choral music [JQ]

Beecham full of flair but with somewhat foggy sonics in live Royal Festival Hall broadcasts [JW]

A welcome digital release of a collection of Elgar’s songs [JQ]

Captivating performances of forgotten British gems [JF]

First recordings of three fascinating, recent works by perhaps the UK’s leading symphonic composer [GH]

Elgarian discographic firsts from the immediate post-war period, with competing Enigma Variations [JW]

A very fine and fitting centenary tribute to Sir Charles Mackerras [JQ]

A ‘Trout’ to challenge classic versions, exhibiting a welcome sense of forward drive, paired with a Hummel novelty [RMo]

An exceptional performance: Albert Sammons’s mastery and sensitivity, in excellent sound [JQ]

An invaluable release [DHa]

A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor [JQ]

A distinguished and important addition to the discography of David Matthews [JQ]

A valuable, diverse and very well presented programme displays the composer’s strengths and weaknesses [NB]

Another treasure trove of archive broadcast performances crowned by a definitive version of the Violin Concerto from Albert Sammons [NB]

(Déjà Review) The Bax premiere is a revelation [RB]

A potpourri of largely unrecorded Coleridge-Taylor [JW]