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A patchy Zarathustra and a good Jeux, but you’ll find better performances of both elsewhere [ST]

Great sound, conducting, choral singing and orchestral playing, but only one principal singer who really comes up to scratch [RMo]

A fine showcase for the music of Kerensa Briggs [JQ]

A well recorded, but still little-known composer – well worth investigating [GH]

A release pianophiles will treasure [SG]

A splendid way to explore some of the composer’s lesser-known operettas [MC]

An unusual programme, attractive, but somewhat generic performances [PBW]

(Déjà Review) Commitment … involvement … a feeling of wonder [SA]

(From the Archive) A conspectus in four parts by Bob Farr

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies by Stock’s Chicago Symphony make this historic release memorable [GT]

Unconventional and innovative, this may offend purists, but I find it beautiful and richly rewarding [GPu]

Impressive Stravinsky from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris [JQ]

An overview by Jack Lawson

by David Barker

Well-crafted and thoroughly enjoyable music; Viðar is a definite discovery [DJB]

Bernstein’s infamous late Pathétique – neither the slowest nor the greatest [LD]

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]

(Déjà Review) Undoubtedly ranks among the finest achievements of recorded music in recent times [TB]

Mary Bevan’s golden tone floats effortlessly over Joseph Middleton’s sensitive accompaniment [GF]

One of our greatest cellists in a revelatory performance from his younger days [WH]

Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]

Old war horses emerge reinvigorated [DMD]

Speed is not a substitute for energy [DP]