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Be surprised by the restraint and elegance of Hoffmann’s chamber music [DS]

This joy of a disc will help increase Gál’s popularity [SA]

A qualified recommendation for a new recording of Lehár’s final operetta for Berlin [PT]

Well-played, attractive but ultimately anonymous music [NB]

(Déjà Review) Harry van der Kamp who directs and sings has done a wonderful job with these works [GH]

Cosmic space and Jesus – two tone poems from the baffling Hjalmar Borgstrøm [JW]

(Déjà Review) One of the finest organ discs I’ve heard in years [JQ]

Charm and concision from this little known early-Romantic charmer [RB]

(Déjà Review) Played with delicacy, sensitivity and warmth by three dedicated experts [MS]

A surprising and captivating disc, played with obvious glee [SA]

Generous and intelligent coupling, but the performances are not competitive [NB]

A well-filled introduction to the world of a skillful, once-popular composer [GH]

Ideal performances of cantatas from early 18th-century Germany [JV]

(Déjà Review) More evidence of an astonishing but neglected talent. A tonal serialist for whom melody was the thing [NHo]

(Déjà Review) These colourful chamber works deserve to be better known [MC]

Six delightful and Instructive quartets by Michael Haydn [DF]

(Déjà Review) A totally forgotten Passion from 18th century Germany – a splendid work, moving and enthralling [JV]

Two sides of Huber’s chamber music – strict contrapuntalism and playful rhapsody [JW]

Unjustly neglected music in good performances [JV]

Well-constructed Classical chamber music, but mostly run-of-the-mill [SFV]

Charming works from the time of Haydn and Mozart [SB]

Colourful nationalist music atmospherically presented and standing in the lineage of Dvorak and Respighi [RB]

The musical wanderings of Walter Kaufmann reflected in a fine disc [JW]

A good, but not outstanding, collection of Kaprálová’s orchestral music [JW]