RCA
Alkan & Liszt: Piano Works (RCA)
Utterly commanding – refuses to let you do anything other than flinch, succumb, brave it out and celebrate [RB]
Copland: Symphonies (RCA)
A welcome return to the catalogue of this valuable version of Copland’s early symphonies [SB]
Mahler: Symphony 4 (RCA Victor)
(Déjà Review) A cold journey through Mahler’s fairy tale landscapes [TD]
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works (RCA)
Responds to every seething texture, supple moment and elemental fury [RB]
R Strauss: Orchestral Works (RCA)
A welcome re-issue of three justly famous Strauss recordings in superb sound [RMo]
Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)
Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]
Prokofiev: Symphony & Suites (RCA)
Bland interpretations further compromised by compressed digital sound – stick to classic, vintage accounts [RMo]
Jascha Heifetz: The Heifetz Collection Vol 35 (RCA-BMG)
Vivid and admirable shorter pieces but a Mendelssohn that has a heart of jagged tin [RB]
Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm (RCA)
A welcome back to this astutely selected slice of Gershwin on Broadway [JW]
Van Cliburn in Moscow (RCA)
Fine performances somewhat compromised by indifferent sound [RMo]