20th Century Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Symphonic Poems All credit to the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra for decoding these massive scores so well
20th Century Three Operas in One: Puccini's Il Trittico This is a fascinating Trittico; Grigorian and Welser-Möst triumph
Puccini Puccini's “Il Tabarro” from Florence Denis Krief maximises the static staging in a triumph of imagination
Imogen Holst The Magic of Imogen Holst This disc goes a long way in reminding us of Imogen Holst's importance to British music
20th Century American String Quartets: Florence Price & Leo Sowerby Compelling music in compelling performances
20th Century Stravinsky Chamber works on Linn The music colleges of today are clearly in fine fettle!
20th Century English Gems from Wigmore Hall It is doubtful any of these pieces have been bite seven on disc
Violin 1919: CODA. Works for Violin and Piano by Janáček, Boulanger, Debussy & Elgar A fascinating disc, featuring well contrasted repertoire in excellent performances
Choral Sirens’ Song: The Sixteen in English Partsongs What's not to like? This is choral music, and choral performance, at its very best
Stravinsky Stravinsky: James Ehnes in the Violin Concerto, plus much more This Chandos Stravinsky disc is a corker
20th Century Anna Pirozzi and Emma Abbate in songs by Franco Alfano A magnificent disc: Pirozzi is all-commanding, while Abbate exudes complete command
Mahler Richard Strauss & Mahler from Montréal A fabulous coupling delivered in performances of consummate power
Ravel John Wilson conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Wilson and his forces provide a Daphnis for the ages
20th Century Memories in Watercolour: the Piano Music of Tan Dun A superb disc - fervently recommended!
Schoenberg Kammerkonzert: Music of Arnold Schoenberg from Odradek Schoenberg's music requires concentration from the listener, but the rewards are massive
Shostakovich Shostakovich from Budapest: Symphonies 5 & 9 Concerto Budapest remains a superb ensemble of the top rank
Rubbra The Jade Mountain: Songs by Edmund Rubbra This is a major release: for the Rubbra discography, for sure, but also for the song repertoire in general
Ligeti Ligeti Etudes & Capriccios on Naxos Chen offers an intersting alternative to Aimard and Driver, at his best in the more lyrical pieces
Gershwin (Leonard) Slatkin excels in Gershwin A fine collection fo Gershwiniana ... Slatkin and his St Louis players are on fire!.
20th Century Ivanovs, Symphonies 17 & 18 Glowering textures, luminosity, drama, tenderness. It's all there
