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Gary Higginson
Earthly Solace: Eton Choirbook reconstructions (CRD)
Motets brilliantly brought to life again in superb reconstructions and sung with passion and sensitivity. [GH]
Wright: String and Orchestral Music (Dutton Epoch)
(Déjà Review) Sparkle, rhythmic élan with a certain jazzy quality, and also in the English Pastoral tradition [GH]
Bonis: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
More revolutionary discoveries from a French composer we should know much more about [GH]
Gál: The Right Tempo (Chamber Music) (Gramola)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully documented, superbly played and sympathetically recorded [GH]
Kashperova: Piano Concerto, Symphony (Capriccio)
Premiere recordings of two fine works by a little-known Russian pianist-composer who taught Stravinsky [GH]
Tye: Peterhouse Mass (Hyperion)
Exemplary performances of sacred Latin works, some reconstructed, by a composer who is still a rather mysterious figure in Renaissance music [GH]
Ubi Caritas. Italian Laude in the Early Renaissance (Ricercar)
Little-explored repertoire in colourful and beautiful interpretations [GH]
Rubbra: Crucifixus pro Nobis (Delphian)
The Rubbra discography advances with very fine performances and three premieres [GH]
Pergolesi: Sacred Works (Archiv Produktion)
(Déjà Review) Subtle and beautiful … most sensitively accompanied by Abbado [GH]
Dring: Through the Centuries: Songs (Chandos)
A most enjoyable excursion into Dring’s style performed with aplomb and passion [GH]
Garro: Masses and Motets (Hyperion)
The first major recording of sacred works by a shadowy master who worked in the Royal Chapel in Lisbon [GH]
The Floating City – Sonatas, canzonas & dances by Monteverdi’s contemporaries (Hyperion Helios)
Not only is the music fascinating but the performances are special [GH]
Kalomiris: Rhapsodies and Symphonic Poems (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A fascinating door opened onto Greek nationalist music [GH]
Fritze: Overtures & Symphonies (Naxos)
Colourful works, brilliantly played and superbly recorded [GH]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Shakespeare Overtures Vol. 2 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The music is unfailingly attractive, is colourfully orchestrated and sympathetically played [GH]
Watkins: Orchestral Music (Hallé CD)
Magnificent performances of approachable, brilliant and enjoyable works recently commissioned by this famous orchestra [GH]
Clavis et Chorda: 14th and 15th Century Music for String Keyboard Instruments (Dynamic)
The earliest keyboard works played on rare reconstructed instruments opening a door into a little-known sound world [GH]
Theodorakis: Orchestral Works (Genuin)
A rare chance to become acquainted with one of the most fascinating, if controversial, of Greek composers [GH]
D Matthews: Orchestral Works (SOMM)
First recordings of three fascinating, recent works by perhaps the UK’s leading symphonic composer [GH]
Farrenc: Piano Trios (cpo)
(Déjà Review) Well-crafted and top-quality and certainly worth getting to know [GH]
Bartók: Orchestral Works, Dances (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A good addition to your Bartók collection – some performances will be difficult to improve on [GH]
Dessy: String Quartets and Quintet (Cypres)
First recordings of some of the unique output by this enigmatic and mysterious composer [GH]
Malipiero: Symphonies 3 and 4 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A huge journey of adventure – a very good place to start [GH]
Pitfield: Orchestral Music (Toccata Classics)
More evidence of the continuing rehabilitation of this ‘Modest Man of Music’, an imaginative and skilful composer [GH]
