- H Koppel: Piano Works Vols 1-3 (Dacapo)A great achievement, recommended for those who want something off the beaten track [GF]
- Mahler: Symphony 3 (Sony Classical)In many ways this is an admirable Mahler Third [JQ]
- MWI reviewer Dan MorganAn appreciation
- Pina Carmirelli (violin) Concert Tours (Meloclassic)A significant discographical addition [SG]
- Andrea Belmonte (guitar) Latin Within (KHA Records)The programme and musicality make this an appealing disc, despite some technical shortcomings [ZT]
- Fritz Kreisler (violin/piano) American Project (Rhine Classics)The piano rolls are real but the concert is not what it says on the tin [JW]
- Rózsa: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Tadlow Music)(Déjà Review) A winning performance of a colourful, exciting and atmospheric score [IL]
- Rossini: La donna del lago (Opera Rara)(Déjà Review) Sets the gold standard for recorded performances of this work [RJF]
- Lloyd: The Works for Brass (Lyrita)George Lloyd in bandsman mode in the latest volume of his ‘Signature Edition’ [JW]
- Bruckner: Symphony No.4 (Profil)A predictably fine performance of a rarer edition of this symphony [NB]
- Lopes-Graça: Canções portuguesas (Naxos)A pleasant mix of arrangements and original compositions – a lovely disc [HC]
- Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano): Aigul (Decca)By far the best mezzo-soprano to emerge for a generation [RMo]
- Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer (Yale University Press)An invigorating shattering of myths, both long-held and recent, about this perennially beloved composer [NC]
- Moór: Cello Sonatas, Suite for four cellos (Cello Classics)(Déjà Review) With performances this ardent, we can wallow in the moment and relish the intensity of the music making [JW]
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 , A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Decca)(Déjà Review) A level of involvement I haven’t heard from Chailly in years [SV]
- Bruckner: Symphony No 3 (Capriccio)Three strikes and for me Herr Poschner is out … [RMo]
- Foss: Symphony No 1, Renaissance Concerto (Naxos)A very enjoyable and well-played survey of an under-represented composer although the sound is not ideal [NB]
- Mozart: Mezzo Mozart (Aparté)Marina Viotti makes this an album of great Mozart arias hard to resist. [MC]
- Piers Lane (piano): Russian Variations (Hyperion)A feast of Russian piano music served up with spectacular aplomb by Lane [RCh]
- Scriabin: Symphony No 2 (Evil Penguin)Scriabin from Brussels offers much to admire [RMay]
- Hanson: Organ Concerto (Naxos)(Déjà Review) An attractive disc which fills some useful gaps in the Hanson discography [JQ]
- Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Naïve)(Déjà Review) Certainly a Haydn recital like you’ve never heard before [ED]
- Tartini: Lieto ti prendo e poi (Da Vinci Classics)These performances bring us very close to the heart of Tartini’s musical thinking and feeling [JV]
- Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)A welcome addition to Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series, containing three widely contrasting works [EJW]
- Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie (Pentatone)A gripping performance of a macabre, strangely compelling work [RMo]
- Fuchs: Orchestral works Vol. 2 (Chandos)Fuchs writes music we need to hear in these difficult times [PRJ]
- From Shadows to Light. Works for violin & piano (Claudio)An attractive recital spanning a century of composition [JW]
- Glass: Music with Changing Parts (Orange Mountain Music)(Déjà Review) As close as Glass ever came to modern jazz and this performance is really quite profound [PG]
- Elgar: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Lyrita)(Déjà Review) Rarely, rarely comes an opportunity like this [SHa]
- Brahms: String Quintets (BIS)Highly accomplished playing of two seminal Brahms chamber works in excellent sound [RMo]
- Kaprálová: Completed Orchestral Works (cpo)A good, but not outstanding, collection of Kaprálová’s orchestral music [JW]
- Wagner: Das Rheingold (Pristine Audio)This is a rewarding set, and fans of the singers, in particular, will be pleased [SB]
- Brouwer: Rhapsodies (Naxos)A many faceted and thrilling disc of works by a distinctly individual composer – and all the works are first-time commercial recordings [GF]
- Beach: Piano Music (Hortus)Fichet fully conveys the heart and intensity of these seductive scores [SG]
- Ohana: Orchestral Works (Timpani)(Déjà Review) Refined and viscerally communicative music – the best possible introduction to Ohana’s idiosyncratic sound world [HC]
- Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Arthaus Musik)(Déjà Review) Mackerras conducts with love and understanding. The pacing is ideal, and the music’s lyrical intensity is experienced at every stage [TB]
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