KURT WEILL / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Weill: Symphony No.2 / Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] 'an account of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony where the feeling is refreshingly one of rediscovery. From bar one there is an inescapable and unremitting tension.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2022 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments musicaux Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] 'One is left wondering where, in the first quarter of the 21st century, one might turn for more idiomatic, more intelligent or more beautiful Rachmaninov-playing.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2022 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / etc Alexandre Kantorow (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "...this disc completes a Saint-Saëns piano concerto set that has few peers and none that are better." Five Stars BBC Music Concerto Choice July 2022 |
PARRY / CAMPION / MCDOWALL
An Old Belief The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] 'This is a magical recording...Hats off to The Sixteen, and I look forward to the possibility of more recordings of English Romantic repertoire.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2022 |
MONSIGNY / EDELMANN / J.C. BACH / GLUCK
Rivales Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] 'Le Concert de la Loge provides support that is virile and tender, as appropriate. And the two singers are magnificent.' Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Voice & Ensemble |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART
Beethoven/Brahms/Mozart: Variations Simon Trpčeski (piano) [ Linn Records / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] 'Simon Trpčeski's new Linn recording of masters of the variation is likely to inspire admiration and astonishment in equal measure.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2022 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione Lucy Crowe (Angel), Sophie Bevan (Mary Magdalene), Iestyn Davies (Mary Cleophas), Hugo Hymas (John the Evangelist), The English Concert [ Linn Records / 2 CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] "Bicket and his stellar cast embrace Handel's radical approach, turning sacred figures into intensely dramatic ones. Handel gave instruments their own actor-like parts, which The English Concert deliver ravishingly." BBC Recording of Month July 22 |