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Cançioneta: Works for Guitar (Navona)

Rarely heard Spanish guitar works from the mid-20th century, recorded in historically authentic sound [GF]

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Haydn: Die Schöpfung (BR Klassik)

An outstanding performance of Haydn’s life-enhancing oratorio [JQ]

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Opus Arte)

This newly filmed Royal Ballet performance becomes the first choice for Swan Lake [RMay]

Vivaldi: Arsilda (Naïve)

An important addition to Naïve’s ongoing series of the complete works of Vivaldi [MP]

Musings Elisabeth Plank Genuin

Musings: Elisabeth Plank (Genuin)

This disc is intelligently programmed, delightfully played and in good sound [GPu]

Shostakovich CelloConcertos DG

Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)

Yo-Yo Ma’s return to Shostakovich has been worth the wait [DHa]

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Willaert: Dionysos Now (Evil Penguin Classics)

The sixth volume of an impressive project [JV]

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Walton: Violin Concerto and other works (Chandos)

Technically accomplished readings that lack the full emotional range implicit in the major works [NB]