May 2023

Heavily ambient instrumental compositions [DC]

Rousset’s lively new version of Psyché offers the listener much pleasure [MP]

A gramophone stereo classic from the 50s is given yet more lustre by this splendid remastering [RMo]

Probably the most charming comic Italian opera since Falstaff in a fizzing studio performance [GF]

Extraordinary playing of the highest quality and familiar music shown in a new light [RCh]

(Déjà Review) An interpretation that underscores the mutual admiration between Elgar and Strauss [CF]

A patchy Zarathustra and a good Jeux, but you’ll find better performances of both elsewhere [ST]

Great sound, conducting, choral singing and orchestral playing, but only one principal singer who really comes up to scratch [RMo]

A fine showcase for the music of Kerensa Briggs [JQ]

A well recorded, but still little-known composer – well worth investigating [GH]

A release pianophiles will treasure [SG]

A splendid way to explore some of the composer’s lesser-known operettas [MC]

An unusual programme, attractive, but somewhat generic performances [PBW]

(Déjà Review) Commitment … involvement … a feeling of wonder [SA]

(From the Archive) A conspectus in four parts by Bob Farr

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies by Stock’s Chicago Symphony make this historic release memorable [GT]

Unconventional and innovative, this may offend purists, but I find it beautiful and richly rewarding [GPu]

Impressive Stravinsky from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris [JQ]

An overview by Jack Lawson

by David Barker

Well-crafted and thoroughly enjoyable music; Viðar is a definite discovery [DJB]

Bernstein’s infamous late Pathétique – neither the slowest nor the greatest [LD]

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]