Newest Reviews

Ivanovs: Symphonies No.19, No.21 (Skani)

Late works by a prominent Latvian composer, in fine performances and recording [EJW]

Carafa: Masaniello (Naxos)

A pleasing world premiere recording of Carafa’s lively, tuneful but ultimately incongruous score [MP]

Mahler: Symphony No.8 (Pristine Audio)

The energy of this performance transcends the limitations of its mono sound and the best efforts of the coughers [RMo]

Davie: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)

This welcome first volume does much to whet one’s appetite for more [HC]

Cristina Ortiz (piano): The Complete Recordings on Warner Classics (Warner Classics)

The EMI legacy of a talented pianist collected in a fine 11-CD box [JW]

Delius: String Concertos (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Spellbinding performances of three concertos of languid beauty [IL]

Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 7 (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Venzago’s Bruckner may be as iconic for the 2020s as Wand’s was for the 1990s [CH]

SWR Vokalensemble: Fin de siècle (SWR Music)

Richly rewarding choral arrangements of music from the turn of the twentieth century [MP]