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Music by a young composer who cares if you listen, but will not pander to contrive a connection [NC]

A fitting valedictory to a long partnership between orchestra and conductor [NC]

A Sebaldian reflection, marred by trendy iconoclasm, on the global phenomenon of the gramophone and its listeners [NC]

An appealing entry point into Schurmann’s eclectic neo-Romanticism [NC]

Elegant and distinctive music by an overlooked original [NC]

Middle and late-period Stravinsky, performed with life-affirming zest [NC]

Goodyear surges through the concerti with headlong energy, but look elsewhere for abandon in the sonata [NC]

A memorably sharp and sympathetic Prokofiev Sixth [NC]

The BBC Philharmonic excels in music by the pre-serial Gerhard at his hard-bitten finest [NC]

In Fou Ts’ong, Schubert finds a true friend [NC]

A musical genius of the New World, shackled by dogmas of past and present [NC]

An invigorating shattering of myths, both long-held and recent, about this perennially beloved composer [NC]

by Néstor Castiglione

A splendid debut commercial recording of a work that deserves to be better known than as just a historical curiosity [NC]

Captivating Late Romantic music in the hands of persuasive friends [NC]

An embarrassing discographical postscript to a distinguished career [NC]

Masterly choral works let down by aimless interpretations [NC]

The Utah Symphony and Abravanel in Grieg: understated, but never underwhelming [NC]

The Carduccis’ Shostakovich: control and catharsis [NC]

Uncontrived, yet revelatory, interpretations from a neglected podium auteur [NC]

Shostakovich and Pärt, cheek by jowl, on this uneven disc [NC]

Like Klaus Tennstedt himself, Georg Wübbolt’s biography is flawed, but fascinating [NC]

A crisp interpretation of Ravel’s reverie that highlights its sui generis brilliance against his Boulangerist successors [NC]

An essential Nielsen recording that crackles with the chaotic energy of the life-force [NC]