January 2023

A welcome back to this astutely selected slice of Gershwin on Broadway [JW]

A thoroughly welcome reissue that enshrines many of the virtues Handelian performance in the ‘pre-authentic’ era [PCG]

by David Barker

The performers are pretty much ideal advocates of Mayr’s oeuvre [JV]

Well-crafted accounts which would sometimes benefit from a lighter touch [MG]

Graceful and charming but not at all Brazilian [DJB]

Aysha Wills is on pleasing form with this period-instrument recording of four of Bach’s flute sonatas [MC]

A Broadway flop takes a bow [NB]

A 5-CD, finely upholstered salute to a great musician [JW]

This disc is my first acquaintance with Alta Bellezza, and it is a most pleasant one [JV]

Superb new recordings of the Stravinsky symphonies with worthwhile extras [SB]

Recommended to all collectors of great 20th century conductors [GT]

This recording shows that Stradella was one of the great composers of the 17th century [JV]

Fascinating music written on an epic scale played with skill and conviction – an exciting discovery [NB]

A collected look at the charming art of salon master Alfredo d’Ambrosio [JW]

Another winner in this series of Sibelius symphonies, suites and tone poems [RMo]

Very interesting content, marred by some sound issues and a jumpy narrative flow [DJB]

A splendid collection [SG]

A well-balanced recital of clarinet music from Vienna [JF]

Madrigals and instrumental works with ornamentation and divisions as they may have been heard five hundred years ago [GH]