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An early electrically recorded Scheherazade from a distinctive Parisian orchestra and conductor [JW]

(Déjà Review) A refreshing collection with excellent interpretations all round [RB]

(Déjà Review) Wide-ranging performances that encompass the entire gamut of Rachmaninov’s inexhaustible emotional palette [PL]

The troubling art of a pupil of Nadia Boulanger [JW]

Some surprises here. Strozzi’s works stand out, as does L’Arpeggiata’s playing [DJB]

Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]

A nice mixture of arias by Vivaldi and his less well-known colleagues [JV]

Early Italian piano sonatas by a composer with a melodic gift and fine sense of drama [RCh]

(Déjà Review) Highly approachable music … any lover of late-romantic opera will feel at home [GF]

(Déjà Review) If you fancy wallowing in a well programmed, superbly recorded concert hall-style recital, you really will enjoy this [TH]

Barenboim imposes his own conception upon this wonderful symphony [RMo]

Challenging but absorbing contemporary music superbly performed [NB]

A gentle introduction to a masterpiece [PRJ]

Middle-Eastern songs and instrumental improvisations, vividly recorded and beautifully presented [GH]

Imaginatively constructed, probing and a tribute to sensitivity and outstanding musicianship [SG]

Suave, stylish, scintillating and virtuosic; René Benedetti in his prime [JW]

(Déjà Review) A suitably warm and wonderfully detailed recording matches insight, imagination and colouristic sensibility [JW]

(Déjà Review) Sea music portrayed in a great fusion of romanticism and modernism [JF]

Appealing, occasionally quirky Classical quintets [SV]

A performance of enormous clarity and subtlety [PRJ]

A refreshing and compelling pairing of two piano concertos [WH]

The Beatles rub shoulders with Delius and RVW’S The Lark [JW]

Interesting programming and some evocative pianism [RCh]

Some sound issues, but on a purely artistic level these are pretty compelling performances [TH]