Newest Reviews
Madetoja: Complete Works for Strings and Piano (Alba)
Interesting, but his orchestral music is far better [DJB]
Elgar: From the Archives, Vol 3 (SOMM Ariadne)
Compelling live Elgar from Sir Adrian Boult in SOMM’s essential archive series [DHa]
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No 1 & Weber: Grand duo concertant for Clarinet & Piano (Nimbus)
A valuable twofer reissues a Jack Brymer recording from 1973 and presents a previously unissued one from nearly twenty years later [JW]
Schubert: Irrlichter (BIS)
An intrinsically beautiful voice delivers as fine a Schubert recital as we have heard in many a year [RMo]
Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade (1734) (cpo)
One of Vivaldi’s best operas receives a recording which succeeds in most regards [MP]
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (C Major)
(Déjà Review) A great success overall and this DVD needs watching just once before you go out and buy the whole thing [DBi]
Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Freshness, spontaneity matched by committed, idiomatic playing [DM]
Jascha Heifetz (violin) Walton & Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concertos (Naxos Historical)
One of the greatest historical bargains that I’ve heard for a long time [BW]
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