Recommended

The Holy Grail available complete at last: The 1938 Met Parsifal [PH]

A compelling balance of technical finesse with expressive depth [PB]

An important and excellent release [JQ]

Much more than just an appendix to the Hyperion series of Simpson’s music [DMD]

A thrusting, brilliant Elgar Concerto, informed by early recordings, and a great Adès [JW]

An outstanding version of this imaginative programme [SB]

A brilliant demonstration of a salterio of 1725 [JV]

A splendid disc, the music beautifully and perceptively played and heard in the delightful and appropriate acoustic of the Kulturscheune Michaelstein [GPu]

The elixir of love conquers all [PH]

A quality production which is warmly welcomed [SB]

A fine, dramatic late opera by Saint-Saëns, melodically elusive but highly atmospheric and beautifully performed [RMo]

Puzzi’s mass is one of the discoveries of this year [JV]

More evidence of the continuing rehabilitation of this ‘Modest Man of Music’, an imaginative and skilful composer [GH]

Two modern classics in excellent performances [SB]

Suffused with serenity and poetry; look elsewhere for keyboard fireworks [DJB]

A very warm welcome to these complete digital recordings of Arnold’s finest ballet scores [PRJ]

An essential album of Anna Clyne’s orchestral music [DHa]

An exceptionally fine disc [JQ}

An elegant, sophisticated mélange of mélodies, beautifully sung and played, incorporating some pleasing surprises and novelties [RMo]

A great show, vividly brought to life in this superb recording [JQ]

Admirers of Herbert Howells’ music should consider this a mandatory purchase [JQ]

A truly remarkable film about a remarkable artist [PRJ]

This recording of Mozart’s Idomeneo ticks all the boxes [MC]

Music from the Peterhouse partbooks [SB]