March 2023

(Déjà Review) A revelation of what can still be revealed by dedicated musicians [RB]

Vividly recorded and handsomely played accounts of two great, but challenging, symphonies [RMo]

Yuja Wang scintillates in an exciting new large-scale American concerto [NB]

This disc goes straight to my list of recordings of the year [JV]

Polish contemporaries – violinistic brilliance [JW]

Very touching – anyone with an inclination for the intimate format should definitely lend an ear to this [GF]

Utterly commanding – refuses to let you do anything other than flinch, succumb, brave it out and celebrate [RB]

Some very fine music in absolutely top class performances which are accorded recorded sound of comparable excellence [JQ]

A recording which has somehow failed to attract much notice but proves to be a complete revelation [LF]

An interesting contribution to our knowledge of the music scene in 18th-century England and the history of Scottish traditional music [JV]

A worthy re-issue of one of the finest pre-Elgarian British symphonies [GH]

Edwin Fischer’s elevated live Mozart performances in imperfect sound [JW]

This first studio recording of Cherubini’s Les Abencérages is especially valuable [MC]

Bravo, bravo, and thrice bravo; Kirill Petrenko’s Shostakovich sweeps the board [DM]

A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]

A Mahler 7 to be ranked with the finest but carrying an extra magic only “live” performance can bring [MB]

A veritable treasure trove of delights [CC]

I am very impressed by Lucia Cortese’s performances of these cantatas [JV]

More rare Enescu on a rewarding disc [SB]

A wide-ranging, highly individual, often wayward collection of observations from one of opera’s great characters [RMo]

In the mood to be soothed rather than provoked or stirred …. [RB]

The cultured art of Jörg Demus in Bach [JW]

An enjoyable exploration of Gershwin’s many facets with some rarities [RCh]

by David Barker