Recommended

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Awakenings (Avi-Music)

The most exciting vocal recital disc I’ve heard in a long while [JQ]

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The Palacio Songbook – Music for three voices & lute (Glossa)

Wonderful repertoire, and the performances could not be any better [JV]

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From Venice to Berlin: Baroque trio sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)

Each of the sonatas performed here is a treasure; Intarsio Armonico are outstanding players of this repertoire [JV]

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Rodgers: Carousel (Chandos)

Wilson and his colleagues do full justice to this Broadway masterpiece [JQ]

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Victor Nicoara (piano): Polyphonic Dreams (Hänssler Classic)

The version here of Busoni’s magnus opus for piano should now become the standard one [SB]

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The Balkan Piano Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)

Fabulous music, a worthy champion [SA]

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Pierrot Portraits (Onyx)

Ensemble 360 and Claire Booth bring Pierrot to life on this superb disc [PTh]

In terra aliena: 15th/16th Century Spanish music (Cobra Records)

Something special: the subject, the music it illustrates, and the performance [JV]

Smetana & Schubert: Piano Trios (Supraphon)

Trio Bohémo play with both passion but also precision, they listen to one another and they clearly love this music [SB]

Schurmann: Orchestral Works (Chandos)

Brilliant recordings of wonderfully evocative music [PRJ]

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Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (Reference Recordings)

One of the finest modern Bruckner 7 recordings available today [KC]

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Wagner: Das Rheingold (Deutsche Grammophon)

A stunning new high resolution transfer of this classic recording [MP]

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Aaron Rosand (violin) In Memoriam (Rhine Classics)

The vibrant, alluring art of arch-Romanticist, Aaron Rosand [JW]

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios (Bridge Records)

Performance that are as sparkling as they are wise [DMD]

Tansman: Cosmopolite (Dux)

A veritable treasure trove of delights [PRJ]

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Mendelssohn: Elijah (LSO Live)

A tremendous performance [JQ]

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The French Album (Orchid Classics)

This is a very fine disc; in fact, c’est magnifique! [JQ]

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Vicéns: Mural – Chamber Ensemble Works (Stradivarius)

Music by a young composer who cares if you listen, but will not pander to contrive a connection [NC]

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Kuwabara: Sounded Voice, Voiced Sound (Kairos)

Yu Kuwabara’s frequently beautiful work projects both delicacy and vigour, and harnesses ancient and modern influences to thrilling effect [RHa]

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Schubert & Loewe: Songs (Alpha Classics)

A well-structured programme, excellent performance and recording [RWe]

Aho: Guitar Concerto & Horn Quintet (BIS)

A worthy addition to BIS’s monumental Aho edition [RHa]

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano): Origins (Naïve)

A brilliant introduction to Armenian piano music [SA]

Bliss: Works for Brass Band (Chandos)

This outstanding disc will be self-recommending to all admirers of Bliss’s music and to brass band devotees [JQ]

Liszt: Piano Sonata, Études de concert (Hänssler Classic)

Brilliant Liszt performances breathe new life into great staples of the repertoire [RBe]