Holmboe: String Quartets Vol. 2 (Dacapo)

These glowing performances testify that Holmboe is a leading figure in twentieth-century music [GH]

Camilla Nylund (soprano) The Great American Songbook (Naxos)

Fine selections from The Great American Songbook [BMC]

Raff: Cello Concerti (Tudor)

(Déjà Review) Fine performances of lyrical, romantic works [PCW]

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Beethoven: Missa solemnis (Testament)

(Déjà Review) Another historical package that really sweeps the board [GFe]

Christian Ferras (violin): à la mémoire d’un ange (Rhine Classics)

A violinist who represented the very best attributes of the Franco-Belgian School [SG]

Mozart: Requiem (Rondeau)

A vivacious, thoroughly enjoyable, smaller-scale “period” account of Mozart’s inspired but incomplete liturgical masterpiece [RMo]

Raff: Chamber Music Vol. 3 (MDG)

Joachim Raff’s chamber music is finally getting its due [LP]

Emil Reesen (conductor) The Art of (Danacord)

Reesen conducts miscellaneous lighter material including the first Danish orchestral records [JW]

Rubbra: The Jade Mountain (Chandos)

Rubbra’s overlooked songs recorded in sympathetic performances [JW]

Marina Rebeka (soprano) Voyage (Prima Classic)

An attractive programme of songs by French composers [MC]

Mackenzie: Violin Concerto & Pibroch Suite (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Full of pleasing musical quality with continually attractive melodic invention [VB]

Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalisticum (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Finally we have a great recording of this spellbinding piece [GF]

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Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (PHI)

A rewarding version of Beethoven’s only oratorio [SB]

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Dvořák: Symphony 6 (Sony)

An affectionately played trio of works by Dvořák at his most typically exuberant [RMo]

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Franck: Piano Rarities (Grand Piano)

Interesting transcriptions but the drama here is far too restrained [RCh]

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Chants nostalgiques (B Records)

A well programmed and well performed recital of French song from La Belle Époque [NB]

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More than a dull ripieno! (Da Vinci Classics)

A most enjoyable disc, to which one may return regularly [JV]

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Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 5 (SOMM)

Sometimes monumental, sometimes impish, invariably engaging [MG]

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Handel: Giulio Cesare (Harmonia Mundi)

Probably the best DVD version and one of the best in any format [BW]

Todd: Saint Cuthbert (Mawson & Wareham)

A superb must buy for anyone remotely interested in British choral/contemporary music [NH]

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Bruckner: Symphony 4 (Capriccio)

A fine performance vitiated by Poschner’s penchant for rushed tempi [RMo]

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Auber: Le Philtre (Naxos)

This light-hearted comedy is charming entertainment and the presentation is worthy [GF]

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Lutyens: Piano Works Vol. 2 (Resonus Classics)

Another chance to discover little known works by a significant but often derided figure of twentieth century British music [GH]

Sibelius: Symphonies 5-7 (Pristine Audio)

The finest Fifth I know, and an excellent Sixth and Seventh, all given a new lease of life by Pristine as XR Remastered Ambient Stereo [RMo]