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Polish contemporaries – violinistic brilliance [JW]

Edwin Fischer’s elevated live Mozart performances in imperfect sound [JW]

The cultured art of Jörg Demus in Bach [JW]

A Polish-Jewish chamber programme focusing on the 1930s [JW]

A raft of previously unrecorded works – or adaptations – by Ysaÿe [JW]

(Déjà Review) A worthy salute to a fine quartet [JW]

Numerous premiere recordings in an Abram Chasins twofer [JW]

Concertos and duos from Szigeti’s peak [JW]

Szigeti’s final, catastrophic sessions for Mercury [JW]

A rare Lyrichord session for an obscure pianist [JW]

The refinement and lucid beauty of Caplet heard in a loving performance [JW]

Communicative powers to the fore, Esfahani breathes life into three Czech harpsichord works [JW]

William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]

Two striking and almost forgotten string quartets from a short-lived émigré Pole [JW]

Reesen conducts miscellaneous lighter material including the first Danish orchestral records [JW]

Rubbra’s overlooked songs recorded in sympathetic performances [JW]

The final release in the Sevitzky-Indianapolis series ends in a celebration of the dance [JW]

The elegant, refined art of Peter Rybar in fine transfers from his Westminster legacy [JW]

A variably attractive Beethoven cycle from two eloquent Czech musicians [JW]

A welcome restoration of the recordings of a largely overlooked German conductor [JW]

Attractive transfers from the 1920s and 1930s of Stan Golestan’s chamber music [JW]

A great quartet in core repertory and superbly communicative Ginastera [JW]

A great Janáček champion conducts Honegger and Martinů in an obscure Polish recording [JW]

Rigour and rhythmic drive somewhat leavened by folkloric elements [JW]