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T Kirchner: Piano Music (Blue Griffin)

A valiant investment in Kirchner’s civilised music … very much of the Germanic romantic 19th century [RB]

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Telemann: Flute Concertos (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) An absolute winner – a delightful sense of collegial give and take [KS]

Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition (Naxos)

A delight – puts a smile on your face and a sense of joy and beauty in your heart [MMB]

Mozart: Requiem (ICA Classics)

A Mozart Requiem which need not detain us … [RMo]

Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone): Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone (BIS)

Beautiful, approachable contemporary music showcases the craft of a wonderful saxophonist [MB]

A Romberg: Das Lied von der Glocke (Hänssler Classic)

A most joyously agreeable introduction to Romberg and his inspirations [RB]

The Gesualdo Six (ensemble): Morning Star (Hyperion)

A notable musical celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany [JQ]

Raff, Schreck, Jadassohn: Wind Serenades (cpo)

A delightful hour spent in the company of these three works [DJB]

Alexander Chance (alto): Drop not, mine eyes (Linn Records)

Chance is a foremost representative of his generation in the falsetto range [JV]

Suk: Chamber Works Volume 3 (Supraphon)

(Déjà Review) One of the most enjoyable discs I have heard for a long while [CF]

Ugoletti: Three Concertos (Brilliant Classics)

Vividly emotional, verging on the cinematic … always moving and often telling [RB]

R Schumann: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 (BIS)

Superb performances of lesser-known but deeply rewarding Schumann [PBW]

Red Maple – Music for Bassoon & Strings (Bridge Records)

A collection of fine works for the unusual combination of bassoon and strings [GPJ]

Delibes: Lakmé (Naxos)

A musically splendid new video production of Delibes’s opera can do little to mask the more unsavoury aspects of the story [PCG]

Corelli: Corellimania (OUR Recordings)

An excellent disc of baroque chamber music, even if in one or two cases the link to the craze for Corelli is a little tenuous [GPu]

Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio (Delphian)

Immediately attractive music for the festive season [WH]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (Gramola)

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

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos (Danacord)

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

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Guerrero: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hyperion)

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

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (BR Klassik)

Two disappointingly tame live performances [RMo]

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Moondog: Songs & Symphoniques (Cantaloupe)

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

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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto (Erato)

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

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Shostakovich: String Quartets 7-13 (Genuin)

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

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Vivaldi: La Stravaganza (Transcriptions for Organ) (Brilliant Classics)

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