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Langgaard’s richly iconoclastic opera undermined and subverted by an over-rich iconoclastic staging [PCG]

A valuable Penderecki rediscovery undermined by problems of preparation and presentation [PCG]

A most welcome addition to the catalogue [PCG]

A most welcome reissue for an essential recording of Koechlin’s complete Jungle Book settings [PCG]

These works should most assuredly be in the libraries of all those who love the English choral tradition [PCG]

A warm welcome for the complete surviving piano music of a totally forgotten, surprisingly innovative composer [PCG]

A collection of Stokowski’s live performances from the end of his career is inevitably something of a mixed bag [PCG]

Raff’s survey of ‘the Last Things’ contains some surprisingly enterprising and original writing [PCG]

The warmest welcome for a superb new realisation of Delius’s greatest work of incidental music [PCG]

The first-ever Faust opera based on Goethe – and from a feminine perspective [PCG]

Bizet’s L’Arlésienne returns to its original theatrical roots, and the revelation is enchanting in the hands of Plasson [PCG]

A Wagner production from hell to be avoided at all possible costs [PCG]

Rossini standards held high in a new production of The Lady of the Lake [PCG]

Newly edited Puccini operatic suites receive glowing performances [PCG]

A musically splendid new video production of Delibes’s opera can do little to mask the more unsavoury aspects of the story [PCG]

Dame Janet Baker’s unparalleled stage performance of Orfeo makes a triumphant return to the catalogues [PCG]

Simon Rattle’s traversal of the Ring finally reaches Siegfried, with highly recommendable results [PCG]

A superbly realised version of Tchaikovsky’s essentially domestic opera avoids any elements of tragic inflation [PCG]

A first video release of a rare Schreker opera deserves a heartfelt welcome [PCG]

An enthusiastic welcome for a newly edited score of Ravel’s balletic masterpiece [PCG]

An astounding new opera from John Corigliano receives a benchmark performance [PCG]

A ground-breaking recording of a ground-breaking American musical [PCG]

An operatic rarity returns to the catalogue, and remains a worthwhile encounter [PCG]

A superior reissue of Peter Hall’s other superlative Britten production from Glyndebourne [PCG]