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This deserves to enhance Teodorescu-Ciocănea’s reputation and bring it before a wider public [DMD]

World premiere recordings of orchestral songs by a largely forgotten composer [JQ]

(Déjà Review) An example that big can be beautiful too! [GFe]

(Déjà Review) An indispensable record for those who love the world of the old music hall [TD]

A very rewarding album, including songs by two unjustly neglected composers [JQ]

Could be the recording that takes Milstein’s career out of the wings onto centre stage [DM]

A highly melodic Victorian opera – good tunes, vivacious duets, trio and quartets [JF]

These impressive works show that Górecki was much more than a one-work composer [SB]

The refinement and lucid beauty of Caplet heard in a loving performance [JW]

An excellent recital by a distinguished soprano [RWe]

(Déjà Review) An amazing, fascinating and complex masterpiece that repays repeated listening [AO]

(Déjà Review) This excellently recorded disc sheds enlightenment on a long dimly-lit but far from discreditable corner of British music [PSc]

Communicative powers to the fore, Esfahani breathes life into three Czech harpsichord works [JW]

An interesting but largely disappointing CD, mainly because of an underpowered performance of the symphony [PBW]

Urgent unfettered performances certain to divide the crowd [DMD]

A new team offers a distinctive account of an old favourite [RMay]

A tremendous performance of an important new work by James MacMillan [JQ]

Four highly contrasted works by an elder statesman of contemporary Norwegian music [GH]

Lively interpretations that steer well clear of the routine [RB]

No lover of Bartók’s music or of modern 20th century classics should be without this exceptional issue [GFe]

Entertaining music by a little-known composer, played with infectious enthusiasm [JV]

For the conductor’s fans only [SV]

William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]

Four works reflect the time between modernity and tradition, revolution and republic, jazz and dance music [JF]