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Some good things here, but as a whole this is not competitive [SB]

Good performances of Korngold’s earliest chamber works [SB]

Immaculate performances of delightful works [SB]

One good and two superb performances of these modern classics [SB]

A classic set of these twentieth century masterpiece returns [SB]

Quite simply: this disc is a winner [SB]

The orchestrated Verlaine songs are delightful, La mer merely decent [SB]

The latest works by the new Finnish master [SB]

A valuable collection of Leighton’s choral music, with several first recordings [SB]

This legendary work turns out to be more a curiosity than a masterpiece [SB]

A delightful collection [SB]

This attractive coupling should win new friends for these works [SB]

A slow-moving meditative work based on an unorthodox gospel

Superb performances of both works: a rewarding coupling [SB]

A decent concert performance of Stravinsky’s great work, with a rarity to precede it [SB]

A modernist take on Ligeti’s marvellous Études, with interesting extras [SB]

A useful survey of Schuman’s works [SB]

Three successful orchestrations, especially that of the Piano Quintet [SB]

This splendid recording reveals Franck’s opera to be a work of power and beauty [SB]

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

An extended memorial work with some shorter pieces [SB]

The great conductor turns out to be an interesting composer [SB]

An outstanding version of the rare Four Orchestral Pieces and a very good one of the Concerto for Orchestra [SB]

A fine new recording of Messiaen’s celebration of the natural world [SB]