Reviews of Recently Released Classical Recordings
Reviews of recently released recordings that have captured our attention are listed here. This list is updated on a regular basis, so be sure to
bookmark this page for future visits. Based on lasting impressions and overall quality parameters, these recordings will eventually move into a
more permanent home within this website, either within the ESSENTIAL or DEFINITIVE recordings.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Complete Piano Concertos
Paul Lewis (Piano)
Jiri Belohlavek (Conductor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Harmonia Mundi 3CD Set
902053/55
794881966226
Rel: July 2010
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 4
Markus Stenz (Conductor)
Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne
Hybrid SACD
Oehms Classics OC649
4260034866492
Rel: July 2010
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 3
Chaconne
Vassily Sinaisky (Conductor)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.572119
747313211975
Rel: July 2010
CRISTOBAL HALFFTER
String Quartets Vol. 1
Arditti Quartet
Anemos 33005
8424562330054
Rel: July 2010
HENK BADINGS
Symphonies 3, 10, 14
David Porcelijn (Conductor)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
CPO 777522
761203752225
Rel: July 2010
DONALD TOVEY
String Quartet Op. 23
Aria and Variations Op. 11
Tippett Quartet
Guild GMCD7346
795754734621
Rel: July 2010
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Symphony No. 1
Piano Concerto No. 3
Howard Shelley (Piano)
Martyn Brabbins (Conductor)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Chandos 10608
095115160824
Rel: July 2010
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-10
Anatol Ugorski (Piano)
2CD Set
CAvi-music 8553195
4260085531950
Rel: July 2010
VIKTORS BASTIKS
Requiem / Christmas Cantata
Latvian Folk Songs
Andrejs Jansons (Conductor)
Latvian National Opera Orchestra
Various Latvian Choirs
Albany 1197
034061119722
Rel: July 2010
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 4
Stefan Blunier (Conductor)
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Hybrid SACD
MDG 9371631
760623163161
Rel: July 2010
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
And the North German Tradition
Martin Neu (Organ)
Hybrid SACD
Audite 92547
4022143925473
JOHN JEFFREYS
Idylls and Elegies
Orchestra da Camera
Kenneth Page (Conductor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Bateman (Conductor)
Jonathan Veira (Baritone)
Shelley Katz (Piano)
Divine Art 25082
809730508226
ORGAN LANDSCAPE
Gdansk and West Prussia
Jan Janca (Organ)
MDG 3190274
760623027425
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Nocturne
Symphonic Works Vol. 1
Lukasz Borowicz (Conductor)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
CPO 777497
761203749720
JOSEPH JOACHIM RAFF
Orchestral Works
Hans Stadlmair (Conductor)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
9 disc box (636 min)
Tudor 1600
812973016007
DAVID BRIGGS
Mass for Notre-Dame
David Briggs (Organ)
Stephen Layton (Conductor)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Hyperion CDA67808
034571178080
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2
Anne Schwanewilms (Soprano)
Lioban Braun (Contralto)
Chorus and Orchestra of the
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jonathan Nott (Conductor)
Hybrid SACD 2 disc set
Tudor 7158
0812973011583
CHRISTOPHER LANGDOWN
Live in London
(Piano Recital)
2CD Set
Divine Art DDA21218
809730121821
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Vasily Petrenko (Conductor)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Avie AV2192
822252219227
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
La Coronela
(The Lady Colonel)
Gisèle Ben-Dor (Conductor)
Santa Barbara Symphony
Naxos 8.572250
747313225071
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4
(1888 version)
Osmo Vänskä (Conductor)
Minnesota Orchestra
Hybrid SACD
BIS SACD1746
7318599917467
ALFREDO CASELLA
Symphony No. 2
Scarlattiana
Gianandrea Noseda (Conductor)
Martin Roscoe (Piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Chandos 10605
095115160527
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 8
Vasily Petrenko (Conductor)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Naxos 8.572392
747313239276
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Orchestral Suites
Mikhail Pletnev (Conductor)
Russian National Orchestra
Hybrid SACD
Pentatone PTC5186362
827949036262
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