Phillip Scott

BEETHOVEN
Diabelli Variations
Paul Lewis p
Harmonia Mundi HMC902071

A performance to live with.

DELIUS
Double Concerto; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto
Paul Watkins vc; Tasmin Little v; BBC SO/Sir Andrew Davis
Chandos CHSA5094

Lovely music, sensitively done.

ECHOES OF PARIS
Music for Violin and Piano by Poulenc, Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev
Augustin Hadelich v; Robert Kulek p
Avie AV2216

An exceptional recital.

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
20th-Century Collection
Music by Stravinsky, Bartók, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Walton, Britten, Butterworth, Barber, Ives
ASMF/Neville Marriner
Decca 4782759 (10 CDs)

Classic recordings by this great ensemble in their prime. 

FRENCH MUSIC
Works by Berlioz, Gounod, Franck, Bizet, Ravel, Faure, Saint-Saens, Chabrier, Roussel, Ropartz, Honegger, Magnard, Satie, Sauguet, Duruflé et al
Toulouse NO/Plasson
EMI 37CDs 50999-906820-2-5

A comprehensive survey of French music, familiar and unfamiliar.

Sarah Noble

GIOIA!
Bellini, Rossini Donizetti, Mozart, Puccini
Aleksandra Kurzak s; Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana/Wellber
Decca 4782730

A delectable solo début, bursting not only with joy but with some seriously classy and exciting singing.

THE BALLAD SINGER
Gerald Finley bar; Julius Drake p
Hyperion CDA67830

Musical storytelling at its best: vocally glorious, and by turns witty, spooky and deeply touching.

PORTRAITS
Miah Persson s; Joseph Breinl p
BIS Records BIS-SACD-1834

Familiar songs and rarities from both Robert and Clara Schumann, sung with glossy, gorgeous tone and exemplary style.

PURE DIVA
Cheryl Barker s; Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Tourniaire
Melba Recordings MR301129

A magnificent tribute...