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A superbly realised version of Tchaikovsky’s essentially domestic opera avoids any elements of tragic inflation [PCG]

A first video release of a rare Schreker opera deserves a heartfelt welcome [PCG]

A landmark recording revealed in the stunning realism of a new transfer on SACD [JQ]

Wilson and Co triumph yet again [DMD]

An enthusiastic welcome for a newly edited score of Ravel’s balletic masterpiece [PCG]

The twenty-first year that MusicWeb International’s reviewing team has nominated their recordings of the year.

An astounding new opera from John Corigliano receives a benchmark performance [PCG]

A collection of Stokowski’s live performances from the end of his career is inevitably something of a mixed bag [PCG]

A valuable Penderecki rediscovery undermined by problems of preparation and presentation [PCG]

Langgaard’s richly iconoclastic opera undermined and subverted by an over-rich iconoclastic staging [PCG]

A most welcome addition to the catalogue [PCG]

A most welcome reissue for an essential recording of Koechlin’s complete Jungle Book settings [PCG]

Three most engaging works from the pen of a neglected composer [RMay]

A warm welcome for the complete surviving piano music of a totally forgotten, surprisingly innovative composer [PCG]

The last instalment of the Decca ‘Ring’ enhanced by remastering in magnificent sound [JQ]

A welcome new recording of a substantial Delius score as originally conceived [NB]

Raff’s survey of ‘the Last Things’ contains some surprisingly enterprising and original writing [PCG]

The warmest welcome for a superb new realisation of Delius’s greatest work of incidental music [PCG]

The first-ever Faust opera based on Goethe – and from a feminine perspective [PCG]

Bizet’s L’Arlésienne returns to its original theatrical roots, and the revelation is enchanting in the hands of Plasson [PCG]

A Wagner production from hell to be avoided at all possible costs [PCG]

A sampler for the newly remastered Decca/Solti Ring demonstrates that the improvements are more than simply cosmetic [PCG]

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

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]