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Paganinian virtuoso Josef Slavik finds a home in Italy in sometimes vulnerable filming but always virile and stylish performances [JW]

A centenary salute to the early months of the revolutionary electrical recording process [jw]

Elgarian musing taken to interminable lengths, and unnecessary Delian reclothing [JW]

Pioneering sonata recordings from one of the world’s most distinguished duos [JW]

(Déjà Review) Heartily recommended to Ketèlbey’s once more growing band of admirers [JW]

Wood’s reputation belied by his recordings: mobility and directness in Bach [JW]

Purchase with confidence [JW]

A semi-forgotten German symphonist does not really convince [JW]

Warmth as well as veiled melancholy in previously unrecorded British songs for oboe and voice [JW]

Schuricht leads the Vienna orchestra with surety and command [JW]

A near-forgotten man of French music reappears with a piano retrospective [JW]

A beautifully performed and recorded set of six modestly-conceived and barely known harpsichord suites [JW]

(Déjà Review) Two premiere recordings at bargain cost and generally excellent performances [JW]

Deft and charming songs from a composer best-known for his choral and organ music [JW]

A living text; a source of drama and commitment [JW]

Drama, dance and delight from a masterful saxophonist [JW]

Fiorentino’s complete Saga recordings of 1958-60 heard in excellent remasterings [JW]

(Déjà Review) Plenty of variety here and quite some historical frisson as well [JW]

Smetana’s dynamism brought out by a conductor of clarity and subtlety [JW]

Dramatic Franco-Iberian precision from an unexpectedly potent 1960s partnership [JW]

(Déjà Review) The merit of this distinguished 1988 recording, in its new incarnation, burns just as brightly [JW]

Segovia in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto live from Lucerne and a phalanx of historical guitar recordings [JW]

Autumnal never-before-released Cherkassky recitals show few signs of fatigue [JW]

A lingering look at Gabriel Dupont’s marine imagination [JW]