January/February 2025
ANIDO: Guitar Pieces (Milani) Brill 95954BACH: Art of Fugue (Slazak, p) Dux 2053
BACH: Cantatas: Jauchzet & Lobet (Safari) MDG 9232315
BACH: English & French Suites (Guembes-Buchanan, p) DA 79345
BACH: For Strings (Alessandrini) Naive 8454
BACH: Guitar Pieces [6CD] (Various) Brill 97289
BACH: New Brandenburgs, arr Harer (Festa Musicale) Audit 97816
BACH: PCs (Bae) Arcan 542
BACH: V Son & Part (Curtolo) IBS 142024
BACH, CPE: Cello Concerto (Queyras) HM 902392
BACH,CPE: Clavichord Sonatas with reprises (Beghin) EvilP 66
BACH,CPE: Hpsi Con; Sym in D (Melnikov) Alpha 1043
BACH,JE: V Sons (Pisana) Brill 97021
BARTOK: Contrasts (Barragan) Accen 30643
BARTOK: PQn (Giacometti+) EvilP 63
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonatas 1+2; Variations (Schwabe) Naxos 574529
BEETHOVEN: P Son 1-3 (Sivelov) AMC 18
BEETHOVEN: P Son 3+29 (Hamelin) Hyp 68456
BEETHOVEN: P Sons (9) (Winkelmann) Berl 32559
BEETHOVEN: P Sons, all (Honma) DivA 21001
BEETHOVEN: Qt 12 (Alma Qt) Chall 72988
BEETHOVEN: Qts 1=6 (Narratio Qt) Chall 72969
BEETHOVEN: Qts 7-11 (Calidore Qt) Sign 872
BENDIX: Symphonies (Gustafsson) DaCap 8224742
BENJAMIN: Picture a Day Like This (Benjamin) Nimb 8116
BENJAMIN: V Son (Grinke) Albio 61
BLISS: Brass Band Pieces (Black Dyke) Chan 5344
BOCCHERINI: Cello Concertos & Sonatas (Isserlis) Hyp 68444
BOCCHERINI: Violin Duets (Ruhadze & Gorban) Brill 97260
BRAHMS: Songs (Connolly) Linn 749
BRAHMS: String Quintets (Gringolts Qt) BIS 2727
BRAUNFELS: Joan of Arc (Honeck) Capr 5515
BRUCH: VC 1 (Baar) Chanl 46724
BRUCKNER: Qt (Diotima Qt) Penta 5187217
BRUCKNER: Sym 1+2 (Roth) Myrio 35
BRUCKNER: Sym 4 (Anima Eterna Brugge) HM 902721
BRUCKNER: Sym 9 (Ja BRUCH: VC 1 (Baar) Chanl 46724
rvi,P) Alpha 1068
BULL: Hpsi Pieces (Skrzeczkowski) Ricer 462
BUSONI: P Pieces (Nicoara) Hans 23046
BYRD: Organ Pieces (Belder) Brill 97125
CACCINI: Madrigals (Scherzi Musicali) Ricer 463
CASTALDI: Theorbo Caprices (Imbs) Alpha 1066
CHAMINADE: P Pieces 2 (Polk) Stein 30239
CHOPIN: Nocturnes (Gardels) MSR 1847
CHOPIN: Nocturnes (Ikeda) UA 240020
CHOPIN: P Son 3 (Fournel) Alpha 1064
CHOPIN: Piano Pieces (Scholtes) Chall 72996
CILEA: Concertante Suites (Virtuosi della Scala) Brill 96761
CLARKE: Viola Sonata, arr (Raymond) Leaf 295
COATES: 4 Centuries Suite; Meadow to Mayfair (Wilson) Chan 20292
CORIGLIANO: Mr Tambourine Man (Land’s End) Naxos 579160
COUPERIN: Fortepiano Sonatas (Pierini) Brill 97190
CROSBY: Chamber Pieces (Crosby+) Navon 6598
DALE: Night Seasons (Various) Sign 866
DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque (Gardels) MSR 1847
DETT: P Pieces (Welch) Welch 0
DIBBLE: Preludes & Fugues (Kempf) DivA 21243
DOHNANYI: PQn (Giacometti+) EvilP 63
DONIZETTI: Songs (Brownlee & Alaimo) OpRar 254+5
DOOLEY: Masks & Machines (Rose) BMOP 1101
DUARTE: G Qts (Santorsola) Brill 96443
DVORAK: Sym 5+6 (Martin) MSO 2
DVORAK: Sym 6-9 (Davis, Rattle) LSO 571
DVORAK: Sym 7,8,9; Overtures (Bychkov) Penta 5187216
DVORAK: Sym 8; Wild Dove (Neumann) Audit 97832
EIDELMAN: The Tempest (Eidelman) Cliff 0
ENESCO: V Son 2 (Duval) Capr 3011
ESENVALDS: Mass of the Eternal Flame (Christchurch Houston) Acis 53868
EWALD: Brass Quintets (Gomalan Qn) CPO 555680
FARRENC: P Pieces 3 (Stratigou) Grand 942
FAURE: Barcarolles & Nocturnes (Piboule) HM 902510
FAURE: Nocturnes (Ikeda) UA 240020
FAURE: Nocturnes (Fouchenneret) LDV 125
FAURE: Pelleas & Melisande (Jarvi,P) Alpha 1058
FAURE: Requiem (Niquet) Alpha 1014
FAURE: V Pieces (Duval) Capr 3011
FAURE: Violin Pieces (Lingenfelder) Tacet 274
FRANCHETTI: Symphony (La Vecchia) Naxos 574271
FRANCO: Guitar Pieces (Porqueddu) Brill 96481
FUCHS: Light Year; Trombone Concerto (Wilson) Chan 5326
GIPPS: Oboe Pieces (Koch) Chan 20290
GOUNOD: Mass, Clovis (Niquet) Alpha 1014
GRAUPNER: Cantatas (Kirchheimer Bach Consort) CPO 555656
GRILL: Against War (Stilec) Grill 3
GROSLOT: Clarinet Con; PC (Hendrikx) Antar 57
GRUNEWALD: Partitas (De Luca, hpsi) Brill 97290
GUBAIDULINA: V Son; Triple Concerto (Skride) Orfeo 230121
GUINJOAN: P Pieces 2 (Calderon de Castro) IBS 102024
HAIR: Concert Studies (Jones) Lyrit 436
HANDEL: Jephtha (Music of the Baroque) Ref 755
HARTMANN: VC; CC (Davies) Penta 5187076
HAYDN: Sym 43+49 (Tafelmusik) Tafel 1041
HAYDN: Sym 99-101 (A Fischer) Naxos 574518
HAYDN,M: Quartets (Constanza Qt) CPO 555409
HENSEL: Early Songs (Baechtel) Acis 53882
HERMANN: Solo V Pieces (Karr) Tocc 738
HO: Gryphon Realms (Land’s End) Naxos 579160
HOLMBOE: Qt 4,5,16 (Nightingale Qt) DaCap 8226214
HUBER: P Qns (Triendl, Carmina Qt) CPO 555569
JOST: Pieces of a Dream (Flugelhorn) Berl 303322
KEPITIS: P Pieces 2 (Luse) Tocc 726
KIENZL: Song Cycles (Muller) Tocc 736
KLOSE: Qt (Diotima Qt) Penta 5187217
KODALY: Organ Pieces (Quinn) Naxos 574544
KOZELUCH: Trios 4 (Trio 1790) CPO 555480
KRAFT: Cello Concerto (Queyras) HM 902392
KROUSE: Guitar Pieces (Trent) Naxos 559948
LABITZKY: Waltzes+ (Simonis) CPO 555474
LANGLAIS: Organ Pieces [5CD] (Various) Brill 96361
LAURIN: Dedisti Domine (Christchurch Houston) Acis 53868
LE BRET: Hpsi Pieces (Pierini) Brill 96930
LEVERING: OceanRiverLake (Rose) NewF 417
LINDBERG: Viola Concerto; Serenades (Power) Ond 1436
LISZT: P Son & Pieces (Uinskas) Hans 24037
LLOYD: Brass Pieces (Black Dyke Mills Band) Lyrit 425
LLOYD: Violin Pieces; The Serf (Little) Lyrit 424
LOEWE: Songs (Krimmel) Alpha 1088
MARAIS: Viol Pieces Book II (La Reveuse) HM 905356
MARTIN: Flute Pieces (Ruggieri) Brill 97061
MARTIN: Preludes (Don) Genui 24858
MASSENET: PC (Kohn) Hans 24047
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah (Pappano) LSO 898
MOMPOU: Guitar Transcriptions (Ramelli) Brill 96709
MOUSSORGSKY: Sorochinsky Fair (Bollon) Naxos 660547
MOZART: Divertimentos 10+15 (Czech Chamber Philharmonic) Brill 97307
MOZART: Flute Concertos (Lazarevitch) Alpha 1065
MOZART: P Pieces (Feltsman) Nimb 6448
MOZART: PC 8,9,12,13 (Ciocarlie) Hans 24036
MOZART: PC 9+21 (Lazic) Chall 72946
MOZART: PC 17 (Melnikov) Alpha 1043
MOZART: Sym 29+33; Clar Concerto (Berlin Academy) Penta 5187208
MYERS: Requiem+ (Jack Qt) Innov 35
NIELSEN: Symphonies (Royal Danish Orchestra) Naxos 574650
PEARL: Guitar Pieces (Trent) Naxos 559948
PHIBBS: Qts (Piatti Qt) Nimb 6452
PIAZZOLLA: Guitar Pieces (Liberzon) Naxos 574457
PROKOFIEFF: PC 2 (Chochieva) Naive 8448
RACHMANINOFF: PC 3+4 (Lugansky) Chall 72012
RACHMANINOFF: Cello Sonata (Raymond) Leaf 295
RACHMANINOFF: Sym 3 (Liss) FugaL 821
RAFF: Die Eifersuchtigen (Pitkanen) Naxos 660561
RAFF: Samson Suisa 91357
RAVEL: La Valse (Liss) FugaL 821
RAVEL: PC (Kohn) Hans 24047
REICHA: Qt, Qn, Trio (Schweitzer Ens) CPO 555397
RICHTER: Remixed (Trio Fibonacci) Chall 72995
RIES: Fantasies & Sonata (Faragli, p) Piano 10269
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: PC (Chochieva) Naive 8448
RUIZ: Venus & Adonis (Davidson) Sign 876
SAMARAS: Tigra; Songs of Victory (Fidetsis) Naxos 574358
SANTORO: Sym 4+6 (Thomson) Naxos 574572
SCARLATTI: Sonatas (Thuriot, accordion) Chall 72994
SCHMUGEL: Friedens Cantate (Hamburg Baroque) CPO 555592
SCHOENBERG: Pelleas & Melisande (Jarvi,P) Alpha 1058
SCHOENBERG: Qts, all; Ode; Trans Night (Juilliard Qt) Sony 82720
SCHOENFIELD: Clarinet Trio (Barragan) Accen 30643
SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata (Willwohl) Avi 4866385
SCHUBERT: Qt 13+Early (Alinde Qt) Hans 24020
SCHUBERT: Schone Mullerin (Pregardien,J) HM 902739
SCHUBERT: Songs (Krimmel) Alpha 1088
SCHUMANN: VC (Baar) Chanl 46724
SCHUMANNS: Oboe Pieces (Daniel) Chan 20295
SHEEHAN: Alathist (Choir of Trinity Wall St) BST 210
SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes (Don) Genui 24858
SHOSTAKOVICH: Qt 11 (Alma Qt) Chall 72988
SHOSTAKOVICH: Viola Sonata (Willwohl) Avi 4866385
SIMON: 4 Symphonic Works (Noseda) NSO 18
SMETANA: Ma Vlast (Davis, Rattle) LSO 571
SONNABEND: Chamber Pieces (Muller+) DivA 21128
SOROZABAL: Choral Pieces (Kea Ens) IBS 92024
STANFORD: Choral Pieces (The 16) Coro 16207
STANFORD: Songs with orchestra (Carty & Pearce) Reson 10345
STOYANOVICH: Chamber Pieces (Stoyanovich, Wolfe, Wang) Bridg 9593
STRAUSS: Heldenleben; Don Juan (Ono) EvilP 67
STRAVINSKY: Sym Winds; Sym in C; Agon (Metzmacher) SWR 19156
STRAVINSKY: Sym in C; Sym in 3 (Slobodeniouk) BIS 2441
SZYMANOWSKI: Variations (Fournel) Alpha 1064
TANEYEV: V Son; PQn (Spectrum Concerts) Naxos 574566
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (Jurowski) Penta 5187349
TESSARINI: Violin Allettamenti (Cappella Musicale) Brill 96847
TORELLI: 2-Violin Concertos (Rosso Verona Baroque) Chall 75989
TURRIN: Crimson Roses (Musica Viva) Naxos 559944
VAINBERG: Qt 6,13,15 (Arcadia Qt) Chan 20281
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Shakespeare Songs & Suites (Albion Singers+) Albi 62
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: V Son; VC (Grinke) Albio 61
VERDI: Scenes (Castronovo) Delos 3605
VIVALDI: Double Concertos (La Serenissima) Sign 908
VRANITSKY: Symphonies in C and D (Stilec) Naxos 574562
WAGNER: Ring Introduction (Solti, Cooke) Decca 4846918
WALKER: PC & pieces (Dossin) Naxos 559942
WEISS: Guitar Suite (LaRocca & Lazari) Brill 97139
WOLF-FERRARI: Chamber Symphony (La Vecchia) Naxos 574271
YSAYE: Arrangements (Tan) Cent 4109
COLLECTIONS
Dimitri Mitropoulos [69 CD]:Sony 88252
Dutch Overtures:(Steen) Brill 96998
French Opera Overtures:(Jarvi) Chan 20318
Georges Pretre Collection [8CD]:SWR 19155
Klaus Tennstedt:Dorem 8241+3
Paris:(Levy) FugaL 813
Romances for Strings:(Fama) Brill 97057
Stokowski BBC recordings:ICA 5180
Giovanni Sollima: folk & baroque:Dyn 8035
Italian Cello:(Burattini) Strad 37282
Lucile Boulanger, gamba:Alpha 1070
Schumann Tribute:(La Marca, vc) Naive 7364
Srikandi:(Duo Saraswati) Chall 72986
Badinerie: flute & harp:(Beaudiment) Orch 314
Big Sky: flute trios:(Hat Trick) Bridg 9595
French Flute:(Elles) Alpha 1061
Cross Atlantic Trio:Orlan 56
Russian Guitar:(Falk) DB 216
Sebastien Llinares:Alpha 1063
Chamber Music of James Joyce:(Solstice Ens) Sign 864
Classical String Trio 4:MSR 1624
Danzas: taboo to triumph:(La Ninfea) PN 2404
Early Italian Quartets:(Butter Qt) Brill 97407
French Trios: flute, harp, piano:(Beau Soir Trio) MDG 9032319
Neave Trio:Chan 20272
Parisian Impressions:(Van Kuijk Qt) Alpha 1067
Prayer for Ukraine:(Vivere Qt) Pheno 2402
Women’s Voices:(Corvus Consort) Chan 5350
New Clarinet Trio Pieces:(Guise-Langlois) MSR 1838
Saxophone Transcriptions:(Laterza) Brill 97262
Nordic Journey 16:(Hicks) ProOr 7310
Organ Concertos:(Jacobs) Naxos 559936
St Alban’s:(Winpenny) Willo 90
Anna Federova:Chanl 47124
Armenian Piano:(Gasparian) Naive 8444
Art of Transcription:(Rozsa) Acis 53561
Character Pieces:(Blocker) Nimb 6453
Forgotten Dances:(Bax) Sign 910
Made in USA:(Huangci) Alpha 1071
Piano Library–American Decca & Westmins:DG 4843829
Ross Salvosa:MSR 1857
Several Pianos:(Multipiano Ens) Hyp 68459
Tango:(Martinova) Rubi 1121
Bassoon Solo Fantasies:(Roy) MDG 9032323
17th Century Madrigals & Ricercars:(Invernizzi) Chall 72419
A Monk’s Life:(Brabant Ens) Hyp 68447
Cor Collaborandi:(Kris Collective) Acis 54018
From Old Danzig:(Hanse Ensemble) CPO 555647
Italy 1600s:(Concerto Scirocco) Arcan 565
Madrigal Reimagined:(Monteverdi String Band) Reson 10341
Soft & Tender:(In Alto) Ricer 464
Verum Gaudium:(Ripieno Concertino) Genui 24877
Brazilian Violin:(Anderegg) Rezu 122
Catalan Violin Pieces:(Gandelman) Naxos 579096
Coco Tomita:Orch 331
Holst & contemporaries:(Roper,v) Albi 65
Partita Party–collaborative:(Composers) SBOV 224
Queen Elisabeth Competition 2009-12:(Violinists) QEC 24
Solo Violin:(Damas) Dux 562
Baroque Horn Concertos:(L’arpa Festante) CPO 555667
Hall-Tighe:Rezu 121
Horn & Strings:(Owen) Chan 20280
Horn Trios: Mozart to Piazzolla:(Wall) Affet 2403
Oscar Whight:Willo 93
Laurence Kilsby, tenor:Avi 4866025
Mandy Fredrich:Oehms 1737
Nathan Granner, tenor:Penta 5187209
Robeson songs:(Tines) None 89891
Nore Dame Composers 1600s:(Ens Correspondances) HM 902679
Ukrainian Wedding Songs:(Cappella Romana) CapR 431
Don Giovanni:(Versailles/Jarry) Vers 115
Elisir d’Amore:(Quatrini) OpArt 7323
Greek Passion:(Salzburg 2023) Unit 811008
Lucie de Lammermoor:(Dumoussaud) Dyn 38030
Macbeth:(Vienna/Jordan) Unit 810608
Marriage of Figaro:(Salzburg 2023) Unit 810808
Siegfried:(Thielemann; Berlin 2022) Unit 810208
Minimalist:(Nehring+) IBS 132024
Morse Code:(Sammons, drum) Equil 174
VIDEOS
DONIZETTI: Elisir d’Amore (Quatrini) OpArt 7323
DONIZETTI: Lucie de Lammermoor (Dumoussaud) Dyn 38030
MARTINU: Greek Passion (Salzburg 2023) Unit 811008
MOZART: Don Giovanni (Versailles/Jarry) Vers 115
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro (Salzburg 2023) Unit 810808
VERDI: Macbeth (Vienna/Jordan) Unit 810608
WAGNER: Siegfried (Thielemann; Berlin 2022) Unit 810208
BOOKS
Performance Edition of Well Tempered Clavier
Weep, Shudder, Die
Vogue for Guitar in W Europe 1800-1840
Always the Music
INDEX TO REVIEWS 2024