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Superlative performances in demonstration sound quality [DC]

Spanish wit, musical clichés and sunshine [JF]

More pluses and some minuses with Goossens in Cincinnati [JW]

Vox Luminis strikes again – a special recommendation is inevitable [JV]

(Déjà Review) Woodward is a real Takemitsu expert who loves and understands this music [GH]

(Déjà Review) Treat yourself to this – you’ll be very glad you did! [GPJ]

Cathy finally comes home in Herrmann’s magnum opus superbly performed [NB]

A modernist take on Ligeti’s marvellous Études, with interesting extras [SB]

Virtuoso playing in superb repertoire – irresistible [DMD]

A comprehensive and vivid picture of Sir Arthur Bliss [JQ]

A splendid exploration of music set against the background of Classical mythology [JF]

Piano music both engaging and enlightening [SG]

(Déjà Review) Fine rare repertoire and typically sprung, lively sound with power and subtlety aplenty [RB]

(In Memoriam Déjà Review) Forget the limitations of this early video transcript and glory in Puccini’s music and the committed acting and singing [RJF]

Thomas Trotter’s technique and irrepressible enthusiasm shine in every bar [JF]

A legendary performance unfolds before you [NB]

Exemplary justice done … ecstatic filigree and truculent brass artillery [RB]

A deeply emotional song cycle performed with insight and gloriously sung [GF]

Emotionally charged and challenging music offers much food for thought [SG]

Another fine but essentially redundant issue in this Mahler series [RMo]

(Déjà Review) A celebration of one of the significant major bodies of music of the 20th century [GPJ]

(Déjà Review) Two marvellous, scandalously neglected romantic piano concertos [JQ]

Something of a mixed bag [SV]

Followers of Dame Sarah Connolly will no doubt derive a lot of pleasure from this issue, but I wish she had recorded it a couple of years earlier [GF]