Fauré

Bewitching total immersion in sublime harp sounds [DC]

Historical recordings in excellent remastered sound that belies its considerable age [GF]

A look back at favourites from France in Barenboim’s Berlin return [PH]

Erato marks the centenary of Fauré’s death with a big box that mines his discography in all its richness [JW]

It is wonderful to hear these pianists who have been undeservedly forgotten and in new works to their discography [RCh]

This is a very fine disc; in fact, c’est magnifique! [JQ]

This imaginative and varied programme proves emphatically that Richard Galliano still sits safely on his throne as the King of the Accordion [GF]

Playing of the highest quality in an intriguing and very rewarding programme [GPu]

Two wonderfully contrasting explorations of Maeterlinck’s play [JF]

A very cool, unemotional (and unsuccessful) take on Fauré’s cello works [DJB]

Delightful lost treasures from French musical history [JF]

Classic chamber recordings from the inimitable violinist Henry Merckel and his ensembles [JW]

(Déjà Review) This disc has given me enormous pleasure and will continue to do so [JQ]

A consistently engaging anthology of ‘romantic’ music for solo harp, all perceptively played [GPu]

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

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

An attractive homage to influential Catalan pianist Ricardo Viñes [MC]

Three sonatas and a raft of transcribed songs offer fruitful material for the Chandos pairing [JW]

Three contrasting French sonatas offer rewarding virtues [JW]

A subtle, carefully crafted opera, beautifully sung even if in the end it lacks melodic memorability [RMo]

Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]

Magical performances, illuminated and musically informed, recorded in superior sound [SG]

Refined inscriptions, lovingly restored [SG]

Margain is very much at home in this music, and is its ideal exponent [SG]