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Admirable reissues still hold their own [JW]

Blomstedt leads a distinguished Nielsen Fifth; the Brahms is less memorable [JQ]

A qualified recommendation for a new recording of Lehár’s final operetta for Berlin [PT]

A comprehensive recital: a lot of brilliant and heroic singing, and some subtle and lyrical [GF]

Splendid performances of entertaining duos by a neglected composer [JV]

(Déjà Review) Wolf can attain depths of expression that seem to post-date his period [CC]

Superb, sensuous, subtle singing from a highly gifted British lyric baritone [RMo]

Well-played, attractive but ultimately anonymous music [NB]

Acclaim for Mahler in Hamburg [PH]

Convincing exploration of three rare, rewarding works [JF]

Iverson achieves his aim of creating new and exciting, innovative music at the boundaries between classical and jazz styles [KT]

A very welcome further installment in this significant historical Bruckner series [JQ]

Another laudable composer emerges in the ‘Music in Exile’ series [JW]

(Déjà Review) Lovers of the baroque flute and “Telemaniacs” will wish to investigate these well-played world premières [PCW]

The most exciting vocal recital disc I’ve heard in a long while [JQ]

Rarely heard and recorded works, played with commitment and empathy [HC]

Varied and contrasting Czech song cycles that resist the lure of the crepuscular [JW]

Favourite carols in new guises and hidden gems, in an enjoyable account [JF]

A thoroughly enjoyable seasonal collection [WH]

Wonderful repertoire, and the performances could not be any better [JV]

Arrau in blistering form in this romantic repertoire [RCh]

One of the freshest and most uplifting interpretations I have come across for a very long time [GF]

Each of the sonatas performed here is a treasure; Intarsio Armonico are outstanding players of this repertoire [JV]

Superb Prokofiev from Goodyear and Litton [MBu]