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A generously filled recording which has deservedly become a classic [RMo]

A highly desirable compilation of the some of the best music of its type and era, undemanding but wholly entertaining [RMo]

A carefully devised programme enabling us to understand how Italian polychoral works so heavily influenced Charpentier’s expansive, insistent idiom [RMo]

A re-issue of highly individual, grand and emphatic, even quirky, renderings of two great Mahler symphonies in excellent sound [RMo]

Finally, a Symphonie fantastique to rival the vintage versions in superb, vivid, beautifully balanced digital sound [RMo]

A delightful disc, offering an intriguing twist on the Mozart and a grand, virtuosic account of the Brahms, in superb sound [RMo]

Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]

A joyous traditional Christmas service, beautifully sung [RMo]

The beauty of Fink’s singing and the sonorities of the period band are the main attractions here; other elements are more ordinary [RMo]

An interesting pairing, somewhat let down by edgy sound engineering and excessive lingering in the Ravel [RMo]

An accomplished and stylistically faithful account of Rameau’s third opera [RMo]

A fine, grand performance, beautifully engineered but slightly let down by the vocal soloists [RMo]

A fine, dramatic late opera by Saint-Saëns, melodically elusive but highly atmospheric and beautifully performed [RMo]

Interpretatively cohesive and consistent but rather driven and unvaried [RMo]

A grand, more leisurely and reflective Ein Heldenleben which is wholly successful on its own terms [RMo]

An elegant, sophisticated mélange of mélodies, beautifully sung and played, incorporating some pleasing surprises and novelties [RMo]

Somewhat puzzling, even erratic, performances, alternately captivating and disappointing, recorded in Walter’s Indian Summer [RMo]

A charming trio of French first symphonies – not major music, but beautifully played and exuding good humour [RMo]

A mixed bag of excellent orchestral works and less satisfying song cycles [RMo]

(Déjà Review) I can find little to praise [RMo]

A competent, somewhat episodic account of no special distinction [RMo]

Vocally flawed and dramatically inert; you can do much better with either a vintage recording or the recent Decca issue [RMo]

Apart from the tenor’s contribution and spritelier tempi here, nothing else about this new recording sways my loyalty to the old Ledger recording [RMo]

A thoroughly invigorating, newly conceived approach to this greatest of symphonies [RMo]