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Immediately attractive music for the festive season [WH]

Ballot completes his survey of Bruckner’s symphonies with another highly individual reading employing daringly extended tempi [RMo]

(Déjà Review) A perceptive coupling of thoughtful and scintillating performances recorded with warmth and clarity [PSe]

This is another of The Brabant Ensemble’s fine recordings of music by Spain’s greatest Renaissance master [GH]

Two disappointingly tame live performances [RMo]

Mystic and shaman, master of rounds and lullabies, rebirthed by arrangers and singers [JW]

Minkowski’s second fine period-instrument recording of Mitridate [DF[

Blazingly impressive performances given with intense virtuosity and musical insight [NB]

These transcriptions are nice complements to Bach’s arrangements [JV]

“La favorite” is well served in a complete new edition, well sung and staged [RWe]

(Déjà Review) I can’t think of any better disc at budget price with which to get to know these marvellous works [TH]

Blake at his approachable best in orchestral music [JW]

A fine survey in committed performances; a good introduction to a superbly crafted and often beautiful oeuvre [HC]

A beautifully played recording of the Fifth Symphony for those who like their Bruckner a little leaner and faster with variations of tempi strongly contrasted [RMo]

Rewarding orchestral versions of Schubert songs, most sensitively performed [SB]

A conflation of opera and ballet, well-staged and performed, more than a seasonal song-and-dance show [RWe]

Elegance and refinement were highly appreciated at the time, and that is exactly what we get here [JV]

Polish orchestral music that steps forward purposefully and beguilingly [RB]

(Déjà Review) This disc represents the flowering of talent of an ensemble that, if they continue on their present well-chosen path, will achieve great things [CC]

Callas’ stereo remake is a more mature and inward reading of the role – now in even fresher sound [GF]

Too much programmatic conformity partially rescued by the engaging Rogowski [JW]

An excellent recording of a gripping but not loveable work [SB]

Not everything works here, but so much of this music is colourful, affirmative, original and incontrovertibly beautiful [RHa]

More than just a souvenir of a fine recital [DC]