Recommended

A lovely disc and a perfect case for a forgotten instrument [JV]

Two great masses in the Cantus firmus tradition from a master composer in splendid new readings from Vienna [PH]

Nicholas Baldeyrou assembles a union of equals that is enormously appealing – bring on volume two! [ST]

Matchless Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet [DHa]

Some of the 20th century’s greatest cello music, superbly played and recorded [GPJ]

Superlative, daringly innovative accounts of two Romantic chamber music masterpieces [RMo]

Attractive wind chamber music, brilliantly played [GPJ]

Jealousy, pain, loss, stifling shame, ultimate redemption – another episode in the LSO’s Janáček odyssey [PH]

A vibrant disc – probably the best collection of Villa-Lobos’s music for solo guitar [GPu]

A marvellous collection of works by a highly gifted composer with a sense of fun [PRJ]

A stunningly beautiful recording, combining performance and sonic excellence [ZT]

First-class Tchaikovsky from Liverpool [PH]

A delightful and important rediscovery [RMay]

These reconstructions of works surviving only in fragments from the Eton choirbook are gorgeous and dazzling [SB]

An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]

A deeply satisfying programme of recent orchestral music [WH]

An outstanding release of a major oratorio of late German Romanticism ripe for rediscovery [PH]

This ensemble’s debut could not have been any better [JV]

A very fine, deeply satisfying account of Brahms’ great masterpiece [JQ]

A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]

A thoroughly enjoyable, beautifully sung outing for this rarely heard version of Donizetti’s masterpiece [RMo]

A Vivaldi opera performed with sensitivity, warmth and charm [MP]

A winning combination of historical interest and high quality of music and performance [JV]

Wonderful Bach from Beatrice Rana accompanied by some highly skilled, like-minded, Dutch string players [PH]