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An authoritative recording of Boulez’ only quartet in its final completed form [SB]

A fine achievement which amply demonstrates the greatness of Elgar’s score [JQ]

A perfect blend of two great piano traditions from an unremembered master of the keyboard [PH]

A fascinating collection of cross-cultural music [GPu]

A performance which captures the absolute essence of Verdi’s masterpiece in remarkably fine sound [PSt]

An uneven but promising start to a large-scale exhumation [SV]

A delicate, subtle, very Gallic account, beautifully engineered [RMo]

It’s great that these performances are newly available, but sample before you buy [JW]

Delightful, typically idiosyncratic but inessential Ives [PBW]

Clarity, fastidiousness, wit, harmonic richness, and melodic subtlety [JF]

An important Tosca from Deutsche Grammophon [PH]

This series goes from strength to strength – Symphony No.5 is quite a discovery [NB]

A fascinating set of rare live Fischer Dieskau performances and a chance to hear him reminisce [DHa]

An excellent live account directed by a master of this elusive work [RWe]

Works from three continents, inspired by folk music, played on a concert grand [EJW]

A lack of documentation detracts only a little from the excellent performances [JQ]

Recordings that are seeing the light of day on CD for the first time, and very welcome they are too [SG]

An unusual and welcome pairing [DHa]

An atmospheric score from a terrific BBC series [PRJ]

Enduringly powerful music receiving performances of remarkable skill and insight [NB]

The Quintet certainly provides enough of interest to encourage me to look out for the other volumes in this series [BSt]

An imaginative CD of brass band music, inspired by Beethoven, Chopin and Byrd [KT]

More wonderful and neglected piano music, impeccably played [JWe]

A fine debut recording by an excellent, young recorder player [JV]