Chandos

A welcome 80th birthday tribute to one of Britain’s finest composers [PRJ]

(Déjà Review) A highly accomplished and engaging disc [GF]

A generous collection of three fine works played with this orchestra’s usual flair [NB]

A highly desirable compilation of the some of the best music of its type and era, undemanding but wholly entertaining [RMo]

A re-issue of highly individual, grand and emphatic, even quirky, renderings of two great Mahler symphonies in excellent sound [RMo]

Not just Samuel Barber – the American Violin Concerto, School of 1941-1943, revived with élan [JW]

Mid and late period Bliss contrasts an underappreciated ballet with a curious orchestral work [JW]

A satisfying collection of songs from Czech and Slovak lands from a tenor in fine fettle [PH]

Unfamiliar music presented with skill, authority and conviction [NB]

A Viennese composer in America – the ARC Ensemble restores another overlooked figure [JW]

An important and excellent release [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Rarely heard works of Smetana bring real pleasure [LW]

Gardner’s Nielsen series continues with mixed results [LW]

Fine singing, but the orchestral accompaniment is revelatory [DJB]

(Déjà Review) Estimable recordings covering a range of d‘Indy’s music [WK]

Well programmed, superbly played, a treat for Nielsen lovers [WH]

A quality production which is warmly welcomed [SB]

A reminder that there is more than one way to do “authentic” performance [ST]

A great show, vividly brought to life in this superb recording [JQ]

The best non-mainstream works I have heard in a long while [DJB]

(Déjà Review) For a disc of these works, this could hardly be bettered [LW]

(Déjà Review) One of the most important issues of this anniversary year [JS]

(Déjà Review) Creativity and originality … first recordings of three works by Fasch [JV]

Storgårds jumps to the beginning in his survey of Shostakovich symphonies – with mixed results [PH]