Channel Classics

A delightful selection of flute works played on a variety of original instruments [JW]

Fischer balances the suavely light and the resiliently heroic [MG]

A compelling survey of French harpsichord composing and harpsichord making in the 18th century [JV]

Enjoyable performances compromised by the use of an anachronistic fortepiano [JV]

An individual, quite impressive view of these masterworks [RWe]

Goldberg meets Brandenburg in a very successful merger [DJB]

A very personal and compelling recording, if a touch idiosyncratic, of Rach 3 [MB]

Werner Herbers’s swansong with his Ebony Band: more previously unrecorded Weimar delights [JW]

Unique opportunity to hear baroque flute concertos on historical transverse flutes [JV]

Quite exceptional performances of rarely heard pre-Bach Baroque solo violin works [PB]

Could be the recording that takes Milstein’s career out of the wings onto centre stage [DM]

A variable Brahms cycle, let down by inconsistent conducting decisions and an unfortunate lack of contextual information in the booklet [ST]