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A number of works catch the ear [JW]

Pioneering recordings by a superb violist at the height of her powers [JW]

(Déjà Review) Fine performances of seldom heard repertoire [JW]

A previously unissued live Sinfonia antartica heads this 40th anniversary Boult release [JW]

A splendid start to a Parry pianistic odyssey [JW]

Karajan in Lucerne in largely unreleased performances [JW]

Instrumental finesse in Baroque arias reimagined as composed jazz vehicles [JW]

Backhaus’s earliest recordings reappear, in largely pre-existing restorations, to renewed triumph [JW]

The first recording of Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald is severely underwhelming [JW]

A jazzy trio of violin concertos performed by the dashing Benjamin Schmid [JW]

Amongst the most moving recordings of Górecki’s Third featuring the soprano who premiered the work [JW]

(Déjà Review) An invaluable addition in excellent sound, splendid documentation and full of concentrated wisdom [JW]

More canonic Léner Quartet restorations from the 1920s and 30s [JW]

Volume 7 of the Koppel series, finally here, shows the composer’s two sides [JW]

Premiere recordings of Alfredo d’Ambrosio’s ever-vernal charmers [JW]

More Kelly premieres expand our knowledge of the short-lived Australian [JW]

Canadian Ronald Hannah’s piano works offer playfulness and charm and more besides [JW]

Gently melancholic chamber works from a less-well-remembered composer [JW]

The first Bruch/Mendelssohn coupling is restored, with Tchaikovsky to swell the programme [JW]

Warmly welcomed works by a somewhat underappreciated composer [JW]

The final furlong for Szigeti’s legacy on Pristine Audio with top-notch Obert-Thorn restorations [JW]

Astonishingly vivid off-air survivors from London’s Queen’s Hall in the 1930s [JW]

(Déjà Review) My first meeting with Müller and I hope it won’t be my last … music which is animated, warm and intriguing [JW]

An important cache of early chamber music recordings heard in debatable transfers [JW]