RCA

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

Seventy-nine minutes’ worth of pure musical pleasure [GPJ]

There is much to savour in this 59 year-old set [MP]

Over fifty years on, this set is still holding up pretty well, despite a few negligible flaws [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Remarkably subtle, giving due weight where required without missing any sense of fun [TH]

Weber’s magical score is lovingly presented on this fine set [MP]

(Déjà Review) Ebullient and powerful and the finale sweeping but not overdone, and with tremendous inner rhythm [JW]

Harnoncourt’s remarkable vision of this great symphonic master [TB]

Christa Ludwig’s amazing Witch is the crowning achievement of this still essential recording [MP]

(Déjà Review) A recording notable for Serkin’s deep understanding of the composer’s sound-world and its emotional extremes [BH]

(Déjà Review) A classic recording restored in its best sound [TD]

(Déjà Review) An essential recording which should please a wide musical constituency [GSD]

(Déjà Review) A mouth-watering cast gives a memorable performance [CF]

(Déjà Review) If you don’t have a favorite recording already, this is a disc that you should consider [PG]

A great soprano soloist and a fine choir and orchestra, very well directed, still cannot save this account from mediocrity [RMo]

A legendary, visionary version of the sonata, but don’t make this your only version of the concerto [CH]

It would be hard to find a more sumptuously played and superbly recorded Wagner disc than this one [MB]

(Déjà Review) Distinction and commitment, sonorous and urgently compelling [TB]

(Déjà Review) Isserlis’s truly heartfelt performance expresses the Don’s humour, gravity, irony and pathos with marvellous subtlety [SF]

(Déjà Review) A disc of drama, excitement and real historical and musical value [JW]

A useful survey of Schuman’s works [SB]

Three well-chosen works by this fine American composer [SB]

(Déjà Review) Davis cleaves to traditional values with his superlative orchestra, splendidly recorded [JW]

(Déjà Review) Effervescent music and the unmatched panache of Reiner’s conducting are a winning formula! [PJL]