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Otherwise unheard, these works are neither rugged nor rebarbative but beckon and reward [RB]

(Déjà Review) De rigueur addition for all Baxians and an antidote to the sleepy sloppy school of Baxian interpretation [RB]

A ramble, with delights along the way, through some of Finland’s most neglected overtures [RB]

(Déjà Review) I urge you strongly to seek out Bonnal’s sheerly magical impressionistic music [RB]

Inhabits and gives voice to regions of angelic eternity [RB]

(Déjà Review) Such lavish extravagance of melody and sentiment [RB]

Weighty, serious and far-striding interviews; a rich resource [RB]

Light-suffused, sun-dappled romance, ecstatic sounds of nature …concisely expressed [RB]

Romantic intensity piled high and wide [RB]

So-so Stravinsky, nervous hyper-fast Schumann and masterly Tchaikovsky [RB]

A conductor and orchestra in the shadows of time takes a step out and is not found wanting [RB]

Okko Kamu gives voice to one of Sibelius’s most enigmatic utterances [RB]

Instantly captivating – to date the most desirable of the seven Vladigerov Capriccio sets [RB]

(Déjà Review) An auspicious launch for the first fresh new Martinů cycle of the new century [RB]

Romantic high voltage music with an absorption in the expression of melody [RB]

A brilliant tonal voice unleashed and heard through dustless unsmeared glass [RB]

A dizzying mercury-high landmark in little known music – enjoyable in its own right [RB]

The recesses of a deep oubliette replete with works variously moving and entertaining [RB]

A hushed voice; music teetering on the cliff face between sorrow and excitement [RB]

A great and extremely effective recording drenched in splendour [RB]

Virtuosic brilliance which like all enjoyable things leaves you regretting we could not have had more [RB]

Engagingly unfamiliar works from the last two centuries each presented with conviction [RB]

Early accounts of two introspective quartets and of two often upbeat orchestral works [RB]

Raiskin makes this work sing [RB]