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Seither’s piano oeuvre is conceptually consistent and superbly executed here, but it’s patently not for everyone [RH]

A fine survey of Tarkiainen’s recent work, and a great introduction to her attractive sound world [HC]

(Déjà Review) A radiant account of Enigma [CF]

(Déjà Review) Cyprès have done a sterling job kicking over the predictable traces [RB]

The music can’t fail to entertain, but the performances are not really satisfying [JV]

Excellent and compelling [SG]

The final instalment of Christopher Guild’s imaginative survey of Center’s piano music [JF]

A patchy account, hobbled by a particularly egregious bit of tinkering with the codas of the first movement and the finale [RMo]

Remarkable playing, remarkable music [RCh]

Bizet’s L’Arlésienne returns to its original theatrical roots, and the revelation is enchanting in the hands of Plasson [PCG]

An impressionistic voice soaked in the quintessence of lyrical expression [RB]

Grab this one [KS]

Well planned and brilliantly executed recital culminates in a superb set of Rachmaninov variations [NB]

A swift, coherent, absorbing onslaught upon Bruckner’s Ninth which carries its own conviction [RMo]

Complete motets by a prolific but overlooked Italian renaissance master [GH]

A good but not quite superlative recording in enhanced sound [MBu]

Uncontrived, yet revelatory, interpretations from a neglected podium auteur [NC]

An interesting exercise, with mostly winning results [DJB]

(Déjà Review) Wallen is a brashly creative, open-minded composer striding with confident abandon from jazz, to Tippett, to spirituals, to Schoenberg, to Mediterranean mystery [RB]

(Déjà Review) Much of this music is delightful, particularly the symphony, where Yoshimatsu wears his heart unselfconsciously on his sleeve. The BBC Philharmonic plays beautifully with Ian Bousfield a fine soloist in the concerto [CT]

Indispensable for Kempff fans [SG]

Another major contribution to Scottish classical music [JF]

by Alastair Mitchell & Alan Poulton

Worthy performances in an unusual and intriguing programme [RCh]