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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]

Restraint, clarity, freshness and leanness inform these performances [JF]

A splendid survey of trio sonatas by Neapolitan composers [JV]

Artist and instrument sound inseparable in both poetry and dynamism [MG]

Two of Shostakovich’s most perplexing works in good live performances [PH]

Enjoyable, buoyant music, superbly performed and recorded [WH]

(Déjà Review) Very fine performances that do not unseat my personal favourites [TP]

An interesting and eclectic collection showcasing Thomas Jensen’s manifest conductorial gifts [RMo]

Vibrant, imaginative and sympathetic performances [JF]

A fine testament to five great singers at the top of their game in this beautifully engineered live recording [MP]

Once heard, these works are difficult to ignore; this is an altogether magnificent disc [SA]

Quite a discovery: an English composer whom time has wrongly overlooked [GH]

A spin on the wheel of fortune with The Orlando Consort [PH]

Collectors who have been following this important Bruckner series can invest with confidence in this penultimate installment [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Hickox and Chandos at their very best [RB]

All sounds well until invidious comparisons are made with some past masters and a lack of personality becomes apparent [RMo]

Not a great recital disc, but of enough quality and interest to make it worth considering [PSt]