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A beautiful new work from Estonia which will add to the growing reputation of the composer [PCG]

An unmatchable and irreplaceable video makes a welcome return to the catalogues [PCG]

Sir Bryn Terfel triumphs in Mussorgsky’s original vision of his conscience-stricken Tsar [PCG]

A delightfully entertaining modern take on Rossini brings overtones of Fellini to the action [PCG]

Extracts from an almost unknown superb opera raise hopes for a new complete recording [PCG]

Two world première Britten recordings remastered by Pristine make an enticing offering [PCG]

A rare example of German operetta, well performed but flawed yet again by inadequate documentation [PCG]

A clever coupling by Falletta and Naxos [PCG]

What should have been an important and innovative release ruined by basic failures of presentation [PCG]

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]

Cavalieri’s pioneering work given a modern interpretation with mixed results [PCG]

Slatkin’s cycle emphasises the composer’s structural mastery [PCG]

A delightful baroque double bill in an enjoyable period production and setting [PCG]

A modern take on a Handelian opera which for once makes dramatic sense, and is good fun as well [PCG]

A reissue of a unique and valuable recording undermined by catastrophic failures of presentation [PCG]

A marriage made in hell does no favours to either partner – perhaps we might hope for a divorce? [PCG]

A sampler for the newly remastered Decca/Solti Ring demonstrates that the improvements are more than simply cosmetic [PCG]

An imaginative and involving production, but flawed by some intrusive and insensitive vulgarities [PCG]

An interesting compilation of music by the “English waltz king” who outlived his era by half a century [PCG]

Pristine remastering of the first Boult cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies reaches a triumphant conclusion [PCG]

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

Probably the most recommendable of the three recordings of Pfitzner’s Christmas tear-jerker despite its drawbacks [PCG]

A thoroughly welcome reissue that enshrines many of the virtues Handelian performance in the ‘pre-authentic’ era [PCG]