Naxos

An important survey played with skill, insight and care [NB]

Another enjoyable reissue in the Naxos series of British light music [PCG]

A splendid collection of music inspired by poetry [BMC]

Stimulating and imaginative scores, painted in vivid colour [SG]

A superlative cast in a crisply modern, but relatively faithful production of a rarely performed opera [MP]

A fine cellist – expression, technical mastery, character all there – but a shame that this is a collection of excerpts [RB]

I have nothing but praise for this splendid disc [SG]

Idiomatic performances from a mother and daughter combination [WK]

A unique programme very well played and recorded but of variable musical value [NB]

Three enjoyable works from the less-angst ridden end of the Romantic spectrum, in fine performances [DJB]

Graceful and charming but not at all Brazilian [DJB]

Very interesting content, marred by some sound issues and a jumpy narrative flow [DJB]

Captivating performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s enchanting Christmas opera [CRo]

Light Music certainly, but of real and lasting quality [DJB]

A musical world tour broadens our knowledge of von Suppé’s considerable output [RMay]