Recommended

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]

Simply wonderful piano playing [DMD]

Shihyun Lee never misses the mark in this wonderful collection of Mendelssohn’s sometimes overlooked piano works [RCh]

A delight from start to finish – Carolyn Sampson is on effervescent form [JQ]

Toscanini at his best in these great live concert recordings from 1948, lovingly remastered [GPJ]

A movingly immersive experience [MP]

This performance has completely revised my view of the Viola Concerto [DMD]

A wonderfully refined and also exciting new version [SB]

Dame Janet Baker’s unparalleled stage performance of Orfeo makes a triumphant return to the catalogues [PCG]

The mighty Mass of Life is revealed as a genuine masterpiece in this blazing performance [NB]

Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy are an ideal partnership in demonstrating the zest, eloquence and operatic underpinning of Mozart’s piano concertos [MG]

Magnetically communicative music given electric performances [DMD]

Great music, wonderfully played, in perfect recording [GPJ]

Wilson and Co triumph yet again [DMD]

Sui generis: a disc that will change the way you hear Mendelssohn [ST]

A landmark recording revealed in the stunning realism of a new transfer on SACD [JQ]

Nearing the end of his Beethoven piano sonata cycle, James Brawn continues to impress [RC]

A brilliant idea, well executed [SB]

A real Winner! [MP]

An Alessandro Scarlatti world premiere in splendid performance [RWe]