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An enchanting musical journey towards the Orient involving familiar and brand new music [KT]

A pioneering version still has appealing elements despite the appearance of many later rivals [PCG]

The Schumann is excellent; the Taneyev can be skipped (SV)

This is a disc to savour through repeated hearings [SA]

The closest recorded representation of the full operatic experience [MG]

Contrasting, accessible and enjoyable [DJB]

A splendid performance of Jacques Hétu’s final masterpiece [HC]

Immaculate production, impassioned musicianship, impeccable planning – do not let it pass you by [RHa]

The penultimate release in The Orlando Consort’s Machaut Edition explores more highlights of this master of the Middle Ages [PH]

Rapturous: two Mozart Serenatas composed (and recorded) in Salzburg [DF]

Convincing examples of Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic heard during Lucerne Festivals of the 1980s [JW]

Energetic performances of pieces for two keyboards [JV]

(Déjà Review) Indispensable [CH]

A Profile

The rediscovery of Frederick Block is another success in the Music in Exile series [WK]

A fascinating and entertaining black comedy bordering on surrealism; maybe not for listeners with weak hearts [GF]

Sammons’ classic Elgar recordings offer virtuosity and tonal beauty as well as thrust [JW]

A thrilling – though not flawless – performance enhanced by Pristine’s remastering [RMo]

Admirers of the music of Ēriks Ešenvalds should seek out this disc [JQ]

An attractive, well-recorded and enjoyable disc, serving Bowen’s piano music very well indeed [SG]

Interesting versions for the committed Schoenbergian [SB]

(Déjà Review) Warmly recommended to all who relish beautifully crafted, colourful and tuneful late-Romantic music [HC]

Performances where the stars align [SG]

Some will find Schaller’s tempi in the first two movements controversial [RMo]