- Ombre di luce – recital (Pentatone)An attractive programme, very well sung, with several rarities [GF]
- George Benjamin: Picture a day like this (Nimbus)A beautiful, subtle, yet fully effective portrait of grief [MBu]
- Vecchi: Le veglie di Siena (Glossa)Impressive testimony to Vecchi’s brilliance as a composer of madrigals [JV]
- Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen (NCM)An ear-opening disc [JQ]
- Catherine Collard (piano): The Complete Erato, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics Recordings (Erato)The driven artistry of a tragically short-lived French pianist and sensitive collaborator [JW]
- Music for Stage and Screen (Albion Records)A valuable contribution to the recorded legacy of British music [JF]
- Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)Performance that are as sparkling as they are wise [DMD]
- Bendix, Simonsen: Piano Concertos (Danacord)(Déjà Review) Marshev is a capably sympathetic advocate for these neglected romantics [RB]
- Elgar: Violin Concerto, Carissima (Warner Classics)An erratic and temperamentally uneven performance [JW]
- Mendelssohn: Elijah (LSO Live)A tremendous performance [JQ]
- Mozart: Lodron Night Music (Brilliant Classics)Delightful performances of delightful music [SB]
- Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 (The Cleveland Orchestra)More superb Prokofiev from Welser-Möst’s wonderful Clevelanders [DMD]
- Michael Spyres (tenor): In The Shadows (Erato)An interesting and enterprising recital but a question mark over the suitability of the voice for some of the material [PT]
- Tansman: Cosmopolite (Dux)A veritable treasure trove of delights [PRJ]
- von Webenau: Piano Quartet, Cello Sonata & Miniatures (Hänssler Classic)In the hit-or-miss world of the unsung composer, this is definitely a miss [DJB]
- Brahms: Symphony No 2, Hungarian Dances (Naxos)(Déjà Review) Alsop’s Brahms should go among the great cycles [KS]
- Schoenberg: Unheard Recordings (Pristine Audio)An extraordinarily vivid sonic refurbishment of Stokowski’s 1941 vibrant Pelleas [RMo]
- Bendix: Symphonies nos 1 & 3 (Dacapo)Performances that challenge the only other available recording [EJW]
- Wagner: Parsifal (Deutsche Grammophon)The best new Parsifal recording since Kubelik [SSc]
- Mischa Elman (violin)The complete Victor recordings (1926-32) (Biddulph)Elman’s glittering morceau (and some others) in splendid transfers [JW]
- Ponce: Guitar sonatas (IBS Classical)Treasures from the 20th century guitar repertory, very well played [ZT]
- The French Album (Orchid Classics)This is a very fine disc; in fact, c’est magnifique! [JQ]
- Romance and Reverie: Holst and his contemporaries (Albion Records)Well played but unevenly programmed [NB]
- Beethoven: Piano Trios (Naxos)A wonderful disc, well recorded and containing some magnificent playing [CC]
- Kuwabara: Sounded Voice, Voiced Sound (Kairos)Yu Kuwabara’s frequently beautiful work projects both delicacy and vigour, and harnesses ancient and modern influences to thrilling effect [RHa]
- A Beethoven Odyssey Vol. 9 (MSR Classics)The final disc in James Brawn’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle crowns the project with yet another success [RC]
- Ysaÿe: Transformations (Centaur)Bizarre transcriptions, fantastic performances [RMas]
- Winterberg: Chamber Music, Vol 1 (EDA)The terse art of a Czech-German composer influenced by Bartók, Hindemith and Janáček [JW]
- Ridil: Music for Orchestra (Genuin)A veritable cornucopia of delights [PRJ]
- Broughton: And on the Sixth Day & String Theory (Naxos)A pair of impressive and enjoyable scores authoritatively performed [NB]
- Vicéns: Mural – Chamber Ensemble Works (Stradivarius)Music by a young composer who cares if you listen, but will not pander to contrive a connection [NC]
- Guarnieri: Symphonies Nos 2 and 3 (BIS)(Déjà Review) Likely to appeal strongly to those who are already captivated by Villa-Lobos and by the Latino Copland [RB]
- Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perlesA survey by Ralph Moore
- Arnold: Music for Brass Band (Beckus)Fine performances of much-loved brass band originals complemented by some sympathetic transcriptions [PH]
- Schubert & Loewe: Songs (Alpha Classics)A well-structured programme, excellent performance and recording [RWe]
- Poulenc: Complete Solo Piano Music (Sony Classical)Delicious music, played with refinement and character by this masterly pianist [GPJ]
- Osgood: Magnificat (Convivium Records)Thoroughly tonal and thoroughly enjoyable [DJB]
- Auguste de Radwan (piano) Complete Recordings (Sakuraphon)An unknown Leschetizky pupil whose recordings are strictly for those interested in the Polish pedagogue’s legacy [RCh]
- Nobilissimo Instrumento (Passacaille)This still, calm collection of Renaissance lute pieces offers a rewarding listening experience [KB]
- Vaughan Williams: The Grinke Legacy (Albion Records)Frederick Grinke’s recordings restored for a new generation – and high time too [JW]
- Bach: Cantatas (Eloquence)(Déjà Review) A wonderful disc of Bach cantatas with a star cast [EML]
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