Alpha Classics
Mozart: Piano Concerti No. 15-17 (Alpha Classics)
Sparkling and exuberant playing makes the most of these three Viennese concerti [RCh]
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 (Alpha)
An oddly bland and inconsistent account which in no sense challenges established favourite recordings [RMo]
Sarah Willis (Horn) Mozart y Mambo (Alpha Classics)
A riotously enjoyable disc, the third in the amazing Sarah Willis’s series featuring Mozart Cuban-style [GPJ]
Mon amant de Saint-Jean (Alpha Classics)
A fascinating out-of-the-ordinary trip of nostalgia [GF]
Dutilleux & Dusapin: Works for Cello & Orchestra (Alpha)
Cello tales of mystery and imagination [JLW]
Duello d’archi a Venezia (Alpha Classics)
Every lover of the baroque violin will be delighted to listen to these performances {JV]
Poetiques de l’instant II (Alpha Classics)
A mixed bag that contains some stylish and absorbing Ravel [NH]
Mozart: Concertos (Alpha Classics)
Youthful but remarkably distinguished Mozart concerto performances [NH]
Forbidden Fruit (Alpha Classics)
A deeply uplifting experience, and I recommend that you make the same journey [GF]
Nuit à Venise (Alpha Classics)
The concept of this programme lacks consistency and the performances are uneven [JV]
Georg Nigl (baritone): Echo (Alpha Classics)
Georg Nigl is a magnificent storyteller – do not miss this well-filled disc [GF]
Fauré: Works for Cello & Piano (Alpha Classics)
(Déjà Review) If the rest of this series is of this standard, it will be a compulsory acquisition for all lovers of this composer [GA]
Dowland: [Complete] Lachrimae (Alpha Classics)
A fine survey of the Lachrimae with rather more verve and better balance than other options [RMo]
Janácek, Brahms, Bartók: Violin Sonatas (Alpha Classics)
Two firecracker performers strike a storm of sparks off one another [DMD]
Haydn: 2032 Project, Vol. 13: Horn Signal (Alpha)
Recommended for a most enjoyable experience [SG]
Poulenc: La voix humaine (Alpha Classics)
A new vocal standard for La Voix humaine, but no translation of the text [RWe]
Sandrine Piau (soprano) Voyage intime (Alpha Classics)
An excellent recital by a distinguished soprano [RWe]
Franck: Symphony (Alpha Classics)
A new team offers a distinctive account of an old favourite [RMay]
Schönberg, Berg: Transfigurations (Alpha Classics)
Intelligently programmed and well played key works of the Second Viennese School [NB]
Bruckner: Symphony 7 (Alpha)
A fine, sensitive account but one which underplays some of the key points of tension [RMo]
Haydn 2032 No. 13 (Alpha)
Rousing, exquisitely articulated performances of Haydn symphonies [DF]
Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Alpha)
A vivid rollercoaster approach, the listener smarting on the front row stalls [MG]
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (Alpha)
A very good new Tito which marks a new chapter in the development of Nicky Spence as the title character [ST]
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