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Enescu PianoQuartets1and2 Chandos

Enescu: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Involved music delivered with elegance and panache [GD]

Handel Ariodante Erato

Handel: Ariodante (Erato)

(Déjà Review) Performed with stylish affection [JW]

Respighi Quartetto-Dorico BrilliantClassics

Respighi: Quartetto Dorico, Piano Quintet, Doppio Quartet (Brilliant Classics)

A good sampling of Respighi’s chamber music, but don’t expect Roman fireworks [DJB]

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Jorge Bolet – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)

Bolet heard in a rare surviving example of live recitals – occasionally fallible but far more energising than in the studio [JW]

Sibelius Symphonies Ondine

Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)

Lean and lovely Sibelius, consistent and convincing throughout [RMo]

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Mozart: Complete Works For Clarinet, Vol. 2 (Alpha Classics)

Volume 2 of Baldeyrou’s Mozart survey is every bit as successful as volume 1 [ST]

Papandopulo SymphonyNo2 cpo

Papandopulo: Symphony No. 2 (cpo)

Well worth investigation if you enjoy colourful late-Romantic orchestral scores [EJW]

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B Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Music (Northern Flowers)

Boris Tchaikovsky presents a softer, accessible face [RB]