Dvořák: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (Supraphon)
Vodička and Mareček bring this Dvořák collection to life [MC]
Talbot: The Dying Swan (Black Box)
(Déjà Review) A genuine voice for the new millennium. Played superbly [CT]
Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol 3 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A cracking collection of music outside the Guitar ghetto. Go for it. You will not be sorry [RB]
Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem (Capella Records)
A beautiful, deeply moving work that will forever help commemorate the Russian attack on Ukraine three years ago [GF]
Works for Campanula (and harp) (Cybele)
Fascinating sonorities and intriguing music [DC]
Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol 29 (Naxos)
Convincing performances add to this splendid Naxos survey [SG]
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Pristine Audio)
The best remastering to date of this classic performance, even if sonically the later stereo recording is still preferable [RMo]
Webber: Mandolin Sonatas (Da Vinci Classics)
Sparkling performances of a fine set of mandolin sonatas [JV]
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Recital (Wigmore Hall Live)
An exceptionally fine recital [JQ]
Beethoven: Piano Concerti, Choral Fantasia (Warner Classics)
A justly famous collection of performances; this latest remastering serves it well [JQ]
Can Çakmur (piano): Schubert+ Volume 4 (BIS)
Luminous and insightful, supple and fluid playing, crisp and clear sound [SA]
Büttner: Symphony No.2 (cpo)
A semi-forgotten German symphonist does not really convince [JW]
Handel: Lotario (Naxos)
A thoroughly enjoyable, very well sung and played – if rather small-scale – performance of a neglected Handel opera [RMo]
The Peter Jacobs Anthology Volume 2 (Heritage)
More unsung British piano music [JF]
Weber: Overtures (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Delicate contrasts of mood and bright clear recording [RW]
Schubert: Trout Quintet (Berlin Classics)
(Déjà Review) Very satisfying, centred and gracious [RB]
What plaintive melodies are these? (Oboe Classics)
Warmth as well as veiled melancholy in previously unrecorded British songs for oboe and voice [JW]
The Music of Malcolm Arnold (Orchid Classics)
A wonderful CD that fills some important gaps in the Arnold repertoire [KT]
Minkus: Don Quixote (Opus Arte)
A delightfully Spanish cornucopia of exuberant dances with an appealing cast and showing the Royal Ballet Company in top form [MP]