Rachmaninov Anna Fedorova plays Rachmaninov This is highly significant, intelligent Rachmaninov playing from Fedorova, a pianist who is clearly a major, major talent
Poulenc Poulenc's Les Animax modèles, complete on Chandos I can see awards coming this disc's way. Performances, recording and presentation seem beyond criticism
Piano Khachaturian's works for piano and orchestra Sughayer is the perfect pianist for this repertoire, and this is an ideal, varied, programme.
20th Century Ivanovs, Symphonies 17 & 18 Glowering textures, luminosity, drama, tenderness. It's all there
Britten Britten Solo Vocal Works: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne A simply beautiful disc on all fronts
20th Century Berlin Festival (1): Ensemblekollektiv Berlin / Enno Poppe Musikfest Berlin 2022 is in full flow ... A phenomenal concert
Mahler Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony (Lucerne) A wonderful, great (in the true sense) performance
Ravel Ravel: Cantates pour le Prix de Rome This is an urgent recommendationfor all who love Ravel or French Impressionism; a rousing call to all Francophiles
Piano Francesco Piemontesi plays Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel As disc programming goes, this is spectacular
English Music Repost: John Ireland on Chandos A beautifully varied, stunningly played and recorded disc of music by a composer whose works are absolutely deserving of our attention
20th Century Songs of Elizabeth Maconchy and Ralph Vaughan Williams A superb disc, beautifully sung and recorded. Maconchy's Faustus is simply unforgettable
Birtwistle Repost: Birtwistle Chamber Works (BIS) A superb disc - the Nash Ensemble reminds us of their place at he top of the chamber tree, while Birtwistle's music remains as uncompromising and brilliant as ever
Competitions Invocations: Maroussia Gentet and the Concours d'Orléans Gentet's disc is a beautifully realised, well-balanced recital of great interest
20th Century Korngold: Complete Incidental Music A celebration of Korngold, then; a demonstration of the miraculous varity his music holds, brillianlty conceived as a programme and performed with real devotion. A fabulous disc
Piano Andreas Haefliger plays Ravel, Bartók and Ammann Stimulating programming from Haefliger for this trio of delights!
Chanson Mirages: The Art of French Song, with Roderick Williams and Roger Vignoles This disc offers an ideal entry point into the world of French song: it's almost impossible to magine being in safer hands
Hindemith Hindemith's opera Mathis der Maler, complete from Vienna Whether you go for sound-only, or the visual experience, this is simply unmissable
Gipps Opalescence: The Music of Ruth Gipps This disc is a real gift to the musical world at large ... superlative performances of beautiful, and often powerful, music
Chamber Egyptian Nights: an Arensky ballet (plus a PIano Trio!) The music of Anton Arensky has long been due serious reappraisal. Perhaps these two discs can point us in that direction ...
Vocal Songs of Travel and Home A heartfelt, glorious disc of song, the programme imaginative, the performances radiant
Chamber Dmitri Klebanov's Chamber music on Chandos Chandos continues to introduce us to composers whose music is more than worthwhile, all in performances and recordings of the very highest qualit
Piano Charles Ives meets Spiderman A most stimulating release. Ahonen is a fine pianist, captured in fabulous BIS sound
