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By far the best mezzo-soprano to emerge for a generation [RMo]

Three strikes and for me Herr Poschner is out … [RMo]

A gripping performance of a macabre, strangely compelling work [RMo]

Highly accomplished playing of two seminal Brahms chamber works in excellent sound [RMo]

An excellent account, superb sound, but an emotionally cool finale [RMo]

A wonderfully played and very varied Mozart programme in extraordinarily vivid sound [RMo]

Vehement, concentrated playing of the highest quality in an attractive pairing [RMo]

Pristine opens up a new depth of sound for these wartime classics [RMo]

by Ralph Moore

A classic ensemble recording further enhanced by Pristine’s remastering into gloriously full and detailed, if slightly over-reverberant, sound [RMo]

Barenboim imposes his own conception upon this wonderful symphony [RMo]

This brisk, nervy account pales in comparison with Schaller’s steadier, grander recording [RMo]

Vivacious performances in crystalline sound with perfect balances among sections [RMo]

A good but hardly distinguished production, in terms of both performance and sound [RMo]

A deeply touching Butterfly and a thrilling Pinkerton who are all the more striking in Pristine’s vivid remastering [RMo]

Good, honest, open-throated singing in an intriguing and highly enjoyable reconstruction of a formerly lost work – and a star performance by the lead soprano [RMo]

A cunningly devised programme ideally showcasing Quasthoff’s vocal versatility and dramatic gifts [RMo]

Elder’s later pair of Elgar symphonies is a fine achievement in beautiful sound – but not, perhaps, the last interpretative word [RMo]

The best of a composer forever doomed to dwell in Verdi’s shadow, performed by a first-rate cast and starring the great Nelly Miricioiu [RMo]

A lovely supplement to the complete live recording in much better sound [RMo]

Flawlessly played, beautifully gauged and balanced and in spectacular sound, this is a lovely souvenir of the late Jansons’ prowess as a Mahler conductor [RMo]

A swift, cohesive, sensitive and beautifully played account of the greatest English symphony [RMo]

A disappointingly dull reading in mediocre sound [RMo]

Here we go again … best avoided [RMo]