Naxos

A cooler, more restrained account showcasing the leaner elaboration of Mahler’s draft score by Wheeler [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Eye-opening and bargain-priced accounts of considerable interest [RMay]

Not a man to cosy up to the great and the good [RB]

Nostalgia, victory and bardic introspection [RB]

(Déjà Review) Exceptionally elegant performances from a first rate band of musicians [KS]

Music I was surprised not to enjoy more [NB]

An attractive and well planned programme of music by an amiable composer [NB]

A lively and rewarding collection of 19th century song [MP]

A strikingly effective, imaginative production of Strauss’s rarely seen bourgeois comedy opera [EJW]

A discerning programme, excellently performed [JQ]

Classy brilliance … tuneful but not a soft touch [RB]

Great fun [NB]

(Déjà Review) The music is unfailingly attractive, is colourfully orchestrated and sympathetically played [GH]

So much enjoyment to be gained from these three contrasting works [DJB]

What an important figure Brian was in English music – performances, recording and notes are all that you could want [BBr]

(Déjà Review) Attractive and graceful [Byz]

Richard Strauss’s domestic drama powerfully reimagined by Tobias Kratzer [DHa]

Easily accessible choral music from Canada [WH]

A wonderfully engaging disc of new concertos for brass instruments [PRJ]

A strong vivid illustrative aspect; persistently romantic and indomitable [RB]

(Déjà Review) A very interesting combination of Bach’s Magnificat and a little-known setting by Mendelssohn [JV]

(Déjà Review) A winning recital [JW]

An attractive collection of Puccini’s non-operatic juvenilia, performed in spirited fashion [RMo]

You would be hard-pressed to identify this as contemporary; it is kind to the ear [RB]