Recommended

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Tartini: Lieto ti prendo e poi (Da Vinci Classics)

These performances bring us very close to the heart of Tartini’s musical thinking and feeling [JV]

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Beach: Piano Music (Hortus)

Fichet fully conveys the heart and intensity of these seductive scores [SG]

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Verdi: Il trovatore (High Definition Tape Transfers)

A legendary classic from the early 1950s is resurrected in revelatory high definition sound [GF]

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) Czech Songs (Pentatone)

Recommended with all possible enthusiasm [GF]

Mozart: Orchestral Works (Dynamic)

A wonderfully played and very varied Mozart programme in extraordinarily vivid sound [RMo]

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Prokofiev & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos (Mercury)

A wonderful, spellbinding disc; legendary recordings of legendary performances of the two concertos [PSe]

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Enescu, Ysaÿe and Bacewicz: Music for Strings (Chandos)

John Wilson’s latest recording of string music is a winner [SB]

Schulhoff, Debussy, Janáček, Antheil: Violin Sonatas (Genuin)

A wonderfully intelligent, interesting programme, superbly performed [NB]

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Stanford: Te Deum & Elegiac Ode (Lyrita)

An outstanding CD which is likely to be the most important contribution on disc to the Stanford centenary [JQ]

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Hungarian String Trios (BIS)

Fascinating repertoire stunningly performed [NB]

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Schmidt: Symphony 4, The Book with Seven Seals (SOMM Recordings)

Not to be missed [WK]

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Berlin Harpsichord Concertos (Audax)

Imaginative performances of four concertos, which have not been recorded before [JV]

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Tippett: A Child of Our Time (Chandos)

An impressive achievement which serves as a fine memorial to a distinguished British conductor [JQ]

Coates: Orchestral Works Volume 4 (Chandos)

The leading contemporary champion of Eric Coates continues to impress [JW]

Magnificat 4 (Signum Classics)

A distinguished final recording by Andrew Nethsingha with the St John’s College Choir [JQ]

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Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (Steinway & Sons)

A recording of the Transcendental Études which compares with the very best [RBe]

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Adams: City Noir and Fearful Symmetries (Naxos)

Marin Alsop and her Vienna orchestra shine [LW]

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Vienna, Theme & Variations (Zip Records)

Piano quatre mains at its best [DC]

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Where Songs Go at Night (Neuma Records)

The project exemplifies the meaning of the saying “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” [SA]

Julius Asal (piano): Scriabin & Scarlatti (Deutsche Grammophon)

Imaginatively constructed, probing and a tribute to sensitivity and outstanding musicianship [SG]

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Beethoven & Dean: Piano Concertos (Orchid Classics)

A refreshing and compelling pairing of two piano concertos [WH]

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Pacific Quintet: United (Fuga Libera)

The playing on this outstanding issue is nothing short of spectacularly good [GPJ]

Henselt, Bronsart: Piano Concerti (BIS)

Unequivocally first-rate, brilliant in every respect – for the lover of 19th-century piano concertos [EJW]

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Senfter: Chamber Music (cpo)

A debut album that’s a triumph [SG]