January can be something of a slumber, but there was an entrancing pick-me-up of a release from Hyperion, chamber music by Johann Peter Pixis, maybe a little-known composer of the...
Here we are post-Christmas and into 2018. December lingers on though in relation to me mentioning a few outstanding recordings that Classical Source reviewed during that month.
The Editor's Choice (9)
Of the recordings Classical Source reviewed last month, a tonic is provided by Leonard Slatkin's Haydn 'London' Symphonies, beautifully judged performances of inexhaustible music, and which has been helping to...
Time for the ed to make a judgement! From October's reviews of recordings, it's good news indeed that Chandos is looking at the complete orchestral music of Richard Rodney Bennett,...
With David Pickard's Proms piece occupying this space during August, followed by a few words from our Managing Director Chris on what Classical Source was offering last month, my Choice...
The piano was to the fore during June, whether music by Vaughan Williams (his Introduction and Fugue is stunning!), or Bavouzet delighting with Haydn, or Osborne superb in Ravel and...
Looking back over Classical Source's reviews of recordings during May, which includes two Mahler Songs of the Earth conducted by Jonathan Nott (I'd opt for the Bamberg/Tudor version: two singers...
The merry month of May arrives and with it a look-back to Classical Source's reviews of recordings that appeared during April. Combining novelty and quality, JoAnn Falletta's Naxos release of...
As March becomes April – I'm no fool – more than three releases last month competed for 'best of', including the Krenek (Toccata Classics) and the Ginastera (Chandos), highly recommendable...
As February finishes, my three best for the month are, first of all, Lyrita's invaluable release of Humphrey Searle's music – too good to ignore – followed by Juliette Bausor's...