Newest Reviews

Velvet Brown (tuba) – recital (Crystal Records)

A fine compilation of American tuba works, played a virtuoso soloist [PRJ]

Mademoiselle Duval: Les Génies (Château de Versailles Spectacles)

A Baroque opera rarity is one of CVS’s happiest releases of recent years [MP]

Upheaval – Bosmans, Pejačević, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger (OUR Recordings)

Wonderful playing, emotional depth and imagination in this beautiful music [RCh]

Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie, Symphonische Gesänge (Decca)

A very valuable disc of Zemlinsky’s sharply contrasting scores [JQ]

11 Famous Cathedral Organs – recital (Alto)

Thirteen pieces, eleven cathedral organs, nine organists, one excellent concept [JF]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 for two pianos (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) This will be compulsory and compulsive listening for admirers of DSCH [PCW]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Voyevoda, Capriccio italien  (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Popular and not so well known pieces, excellently played and stunningly recorded [JPh]

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 1-9 (RCA)

Over fifty years on, this set is still holding up pretty well, despite a few negligible flaws [RMo]