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Brian & Cooke: Symphonies (Lyrita)

Add this splendid CD to your collection without delay [JQ]

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Elgar conducted by Boult (SOMM Ariadne)

An invaluable album which expands our appreciation of Boult’s direction of Elgar’s music [JQ]

Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (Pristine Audio)

(Déjà Review) A rare Toscanini performance in an excellent transfer [JQ]

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Mahler: Symphony 9 (HDTT)

A memorable performance of Mahler’s Ninth, commercially released for the first time [JQ]

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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 5 & 9 (LSO Live)

An exceptionally fine disc [JQ}

Stanford: Symphony No 1, Clarinet Concerto (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) A fitting culmination to the Naxos cycle of Stanford symphonies [JQ]

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Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady (Chandos)

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

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Howells: Psalms and Psalm Preludes (Regent Recordings)

Admirers of Herbert Howells’ music should consider this a mandatory purchase [JQ]

Lehmann: A Brilliant Destiny (La Boîte à Pépites)

A selection of Liza Lehmann’s songs in excellent performances [JQ]

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Poulenc plays Poulenc and Satie (SOMM Ariadne)

Entirely delightful music in engaging, expert performances [JQ]

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Pierre Monteux: A 150th Anniversary Tribute (SOMM Ariadne)

A fine anniversary tribute to ‘Le Maître’

Weir & Beach: Choral works (Hyperion)

Fine performances of two highly contrasted choral works [JQ]

A Prayer for Deliverance (Signum Classics)

An outstanding disc [JQ]

Elgar: Symphony No 1, In the South (ESO Records)

Accounts of two of Elgar’s greatest orchestral scores which are well worth hearing [JQ]

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Elgar: Violin Concerto (Avie)

(Déjà Review) I’d say that Graffin loves the concerto very much and that comes through [JQ]

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Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos & Solo Works (Deutsche Grammophon)

Yuja Wang marks the Shostakovich 50th anniversary [JQ]

Brahms: The Symphonies 1-4 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) An important set of the Brahms symphonies [JQ]

Mahler: Symphony No 6 (London Philharmonic Orchestra)

(Déjà Review) A splendid testimony to the Tennstedt/LPO partnership at its peak [JQ]

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Jackson: Choral works (Resonus Classics)

An excellent disc of choral and organ music by Gabriel Jackson [JQ]

Schmitt: Orchestral Music (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A most auspicious debut on CD for the partnership of Thierry Fischer and the BBC NOW [JQ]

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Bruckner & Mahler: Symphonies (Tahra)

(Déjà Review) These performances repay careful listening and study [JQ]

Bliss: A 50th Anniversary Tribute (SOMM Ariadne)

An indispensable collection for admirers of the music of Sir Arthur Bliss [JQ]

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20th Century British Masters Vol 2 (Avie)

(Déjà Review) One of the finest choral discs to have come my way for some time [JQ]

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Mahler: Complete Symphonies (RCO Live)

A limited edition set that gives a fine overview of the RCO’s distinguished Mahler tradition [JQ]