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Respighi, Loevendie and Enescu: String Octets (Challenge Classics)

The Respighi is a delightful discovery, but I’m less convinced by the others [DJB]

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Greene: Jephtha (Chandos)

Maurice Greene’s accomplished, perceptive early English oratorio on disc at last, in an excellent performance [JW]

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Pettersson: Symphonies 7 and 10 (Antal Doráti Society)

Pioneering versions of this controversial Swedish composer [SB]

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Malcolm Binns (piano) Homage to a great British pianist (CRQ Editions)

A tribute to Malcolm Binns with his complete recordings for World Record Club [PH]

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Brahms & Bach orch. Schoenberg (Warner Classics)

A decent Brahms quintet, a first-class St. Anne [SV]

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Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 (Naxos)

One for the growing shortlist of the best recordings of the two sonatas [RWe]

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Myaskovsky & Weinberg: Violin Concertos (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) A gem of a disc [DS]

Schubert: Impromptus (Apex)

(Déjà Review) Leonskaja is an artist of the front rank and her interpretations have their own validity and abundant strengths [TB]