Recommended

A new perspective on the performance of the music of the English renaissance [JV]

Sign me up for this regiment: this recording is as good as it gets [MP]

A glowing and atmospheric account in spectacular SACD sound [SG]

A poetic, refined, beautifully played account from a remarkable young Finnish pianist [RMo]

Vänskä’s performance of Symphony of a Thousand; a rave review [EJW]

An exciting, red-blooded performance, captured live in the clearest sound of any available version [MP]

Superb performances – the best possible case for Philippus de Monte [JV]

Freshness, new life, vitality and a wealth of new insights are bought to this oft-recorded work [SG]

A total delight [ST]

Superb performances, great sound quality, brilliant documentation and rewarding programming [JF]

This gorgeous recording now becomes my prime recommendation [DMD]

A highly imaginative rendition of Prokofiev’s ballet in Ashton’s timeless choreography [RC]

Massenet’s opera is superbly rejuvenated in a recording which sweeps the field of all other versions [MP]

Rakhi Singh’s exceptional playing and arranging skills in an exhilarating transatlantic contemporary violin recital [RHa]

If this doesn’t win every award going I will be astonished [DMD]

Fabulous music, hugely enjoyable [SA]

Two remarkably cogent pieces, each composed by more than one hand [RHa]

An admirable new account of Hindemith’s piano masterpiece [SB]

Spectacular in every respect [SG]

A stunner of a Mahler Eighth, one of the best since Solti’s classic account [RMo]

A delight – puts a smile on your face and a sense of joy and beauty in your heart [MMB]

A collection of fine works for the unusual combination of bassoon and strings [GPJ]

Blazingly impressive performances given with intense virtuosity and musical insight [NB]

Not everything works here, but so much of this music is colourful, affirmative, original and incontrovertibly beautiful [RHa]