Sep 26, 2026 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews
Post pinned until October 16 release date Frenchman Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) left us some very likeable music, as Chandos has already proven, and its Schmitt show continues here, impressively. Symphonie concertante, first performed in 1932 by the Boston Symphony...
Sep 17, 2026 | Recording Reviews
Post pinned until October 16 release date Neither of these performances are new to Szell’s discography having previously appeared on the West Hill Radio Archives label, although both are new to me. Surprisingly, given he conducted Franck’s D-minor Symphony...
Sep 11, 2026 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews
Originally published on August 21 The Münchner Philharmoniker now turns its attention to the future with its first recording (from January) with Lahav Shani as Chief Conductor coupling Debussy making an impression on the cusp of the twentieth-century with Schoenberg...
Sep 11, 2026 | Audiophile, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews
Originally published on August 20 Newly remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes by Studio Circé Some of Karajan’s finest Sibelius recordings (and some of Sibelius’s greatest music), 1976 vintage for EMI and sounding fabulous in this new SACD...
Aug 6, 2026 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews
From June 2024, a reference recording indeed. Sir Donald and his superb orchestra get to the heart of this score through exhaustive attention to articulation, details, dynamics, and balances, and come out the other side with a version of this (now) much-played...
Jul 24, 2026 | Recording Reviews
Originally posted on July 11 Through label acquisition Warner Classics has at least six recordings of Bruckner Four on its books – Celibidache, Karajan, Klemperer, Muti, Sawallisch, Tennstedt. Big names, big (notable) performances. Nathalie Stutzmann’s...
