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Conventional and a little quirky; a minor composer slowly emerges [JW]

(Déjà Review) No Arrau admirer would want to be without it [JW]

Rebecca Clarke’s string sonatas chart her movement from Brahms to modernism [JW]

A puzzling release in which clarity trumps nuance and warmth [JW]

Mystic and shaman, master of rounds and lullabies, rebirthed by arrangers and singers [JW]

Blake at his approachable best in orchestral music [JW]

Too much programmatic conformity partially rescued by the engaging Rogowski [JW]

Three contrasting French sonatas offer rewarding virtues [JW]

Holmboe’s Seventh Symphony heads a varied and packed historic Danacord twofer [JW]

Accordion meets chamber orchestra in colourful, zestful performances [JW]

Flury’s romanticism on rather low wattage in his string quartets [JW]

Two wildly contrasting symphonies from the Swedish military veterinarian [JW]

Late Szigeti: time to flog a dead horse [JW]

(Déjà Review) An enjoyable and unabashed collection [JW]

Over an hour of distressing singing sabotages this song selection [JW]

Dappled watercolours from a minor British chamber composer [JW]

Broadcasts of Nielsen concertos from unfamiliar soloists head a variety-packed twofer [JW]

A German (temporary) expatriate’s little-known orchestral music [JW]

Jan Novák’s daughters record his scores with vitality and filial authority [JW]

A problematic genre gives a reviewer problems [JW]

The luscious hot dance music of Eduard Künneke meets Eisler’s boring agit-prop [JW]

Further evidence that Stock was an exceptionally able conductor [JW]

Forgotten but Restored: the art of a fluent, fleet but nervous Danish pianist and Nielsen specialist [JW]

RCA LPs restored, showing Elman schmoozing his way through Mozart and encore trinkets [JW]