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(Déjà Review) Yet another jewel in the Naxos crown [KS]

Soothing music, best listened to individually [DJB]

Fine advocacy from these gifted performers [SG]

Music that is predominantly static but the composer’s skill means that it never drags [PRJ]

Sheds fresh light on Vaughan Williams’ composing activities around the turn of the twentieth century [JQ]

Expect to be surprised, moved and possibly irritated [CC]

Likely to win new friends for all three composers [RB]

Agreeable new music from Italy which flows, floats and flourishes [RHa]

Some good performances do little to redeem this drab, even absurd production of Meistersinger [LW]

The flute is the focus in an album of works by British women composers [JW]

Energetic and engaging performances of five splendid quartets by Janitsch [JV]

(Déjà Review) This has an unmistakably authentic feel about it [TH]

(Déjà Review) As a way to experience one of the greatest symphonic cycles of the 20th century this has to be an essential purchase at this price [DBi]

Charming but stylistically uniform arias from Turin in the later 18th century [CRo]

Discography expansion in the work of Thomas Jensen [JW]

A celebration of great Hollywood musicals of the 40’s & 50’s performed with stunning style, sophistication and pizzazz [NB]

A ready source of rare information, insight and record – and a great read [GHu]

(Déjà Review) A glorious, theatrical recording of Monteverdi’s final collection of madrigals [GPu]

(Déjà Review) Excellent retrieval work from Bridge, whose commitment to Balsam has been of long standing and great worth [JW]

A fascinating collection of mostly little-known violin works [GF]

Exemplary performances of some rare Grieg [SB]

The Cherubini Quartet’s favourite and less well-remembered recordings [JW]

Some poetic moments but little sparkle or brilliance [MB]

An excellent, parallel recording of one of the finest Mahler performances ever committed to disc [JQ]