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An imaginatively planned programme, performed with dedication and total accomplishment [GPJ]

Superb recordings of all the works here [SB]

A fine survey of Wennäkoski’s chamber music in good performances and recording [HC]

A crisp, rhythmically alert account, making a wholly persuasive case for the original version of Bruckner’s Second Symphony [RMo]

Uproarious music-making, not to be taken too seriously [LW]

Lovers of English song should not hesitate: acquire this disc and gatecrash Uncle Ralph’s musical party [JQ]

A long-lost operatic curiosity. Well-performed but recorded harshly, with no sense of stage atmosphere [MP]

(Déjà Review) The quite wonderful playing of No 1, in particular, makes this an essential disc [CH]

(Déjà Review) A major stride forward in the Myaskovsky revival. Strong and broadly expressed interpretations mostly in modern digital recordings [RB]

There is wonderful French choral music here and it’s expertly performed [JQ]

Good singing and lighting do not outweigh poor orchestral playing and perverse staging [SB]

An Elman discographic lacuna is put right; fine transfers too [JW]

We seem to observe the tragic events as they might really have happened – no hyperbole, just committed singing [MS]

Another way to listen to this imperishable masterpiece, beautifully arranged for and performed by lower, male voices [RMo]

Laurent Pelly’s production has matured with age and Brownlee gives the performance of his career in the title role [MP]

(Déjà Review) – A second view: Superbly performed by all concerned and expertly recorded [JQ]

(Déjà Review) So many details teased out by Alessandrini make this new version very compelling indeed [TH]

Pristine refreshes Callas’s 1959 stereo recording and prompts a re-evaluation of its considerable merits [PT]

Sensuous, inventive and often fantastic improvisations [JF]

Winsome, windy and windswept with the occasional folkloric moment, but Stanford on auto-pilot [JW]

Not a first choice recording but worth spending some time with for a few excellent individual contributions [MP]

A warm welcome to a trio of Samuel Jones’ finely wrought concertos [RHa]

A thoughtful project and, as such, a significant addition to the discography of the Vier letzte Lieder [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Substantial works in immaculate performances [HC]