Recommended

Delightful from start to finish [WK]

A rewarding collection with a clear historical purpose, though it delights at least as much as it educates [GPu]

Milhaud and Castelnuovo-Tedesco are just two composers contextualised in this wide-ranging programme [JW]

The warmest welcome for a superb new realisation of Delius’s greatest work of incidental music [PCG]

A swift, cohesive, sensitive and beautifully played account of the greatest English symphony [RMo]

Spectacular in every respect [SG]

A perfect match of music, organ and performer [JV]

The Carduccis’ Shostakovich: control and catharsis [NC]

An important set from a composer who had much to say, and said it without any compromise [HC]

A magnificent account of the last version of Bruckner’s most approachable symphony, beautifully played in ideal recorded sound [RMo]

Remarkable playing, remarkable music [RCh]

Uncontrived, yet revelatory, interpretations from a neglected podium auteur [NC]

One of the finest Beethoven Symphony cycles in the best remasterings [DF]

Indispensable for Kempff fans [SG]

Rare repertoire of fine quality, excellent performances [JV]

Another excellent addition to this revelatory series – brilliant music, brilliantly played [NB]

Remarkable sonic restoration, almost recreation, and a must for Verismo opera lovers [EJW]

Sir Mark Elder and his Bergen forces present Delius’ A Mass of Life in the best possible light [MC]

These Études aspire to a narrative unlike any other recording ever made – and is often remarkable in doing that [MB]

A Baroque opera rarity is one of CVS’s happiest releases of recent years [MP]

Wonderful playing, emotional depth and imagination in this beautiful music [RCh]

Distinguished recordings which surpass the earlier recordings by these performers [JQ]

An ideal performance of this famous old work which should win it new friends [SB]

The only studio recording of Strauss’s biographical opera is a complete winner on all front [MP]