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A comprehensive collection, well played [SB]

Two non-canonical symphonies in carefully prepared performances [SB]

Rautavaara writes idiomatically and well for the piano [SB]

A convenient gathering of all Price’s concertos [SB]

These first recordings are to be welcomed [SB]

Odds and ends for Saariaho completists [SB]

A rewarding recital, if you can take to the first Ballade [SB]

A convincing reconstruction, but no texts [SB]

An auspicious debut with these intriguing études [SB]

Some really worthwhile works here [SB]

Commendable versions of two of Schumann’s lesser-known piano cycles [SB]

A powerful opera in a good performance but with inadequate presentation [SB]

These reconstructions of works surviving only in fragments from the Eton choirbook are gorgeous and dazzling [SB]

A generous selection of Shostakovich’s copious but uneven production of film music [SB]

A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]

An authoritative recording of Boulez’ only quartet in its final completed form [SB]

A really worthwhile collection, but without texts [SB]

A superb new version of Messiaen’s great piano cycle [SB]

An admirable new version of Messiaen’s much-recorded work [SB]

A disappointing version of a disappointing work [SB]

Pioneering versions of this controversial Swedish composer [SB]

Bach’s last work goes well on a viol consort [SB]

The three piano sonatas of this bold Russian Futurist together on one disc [SB]

Górecki’s impressive quartets are well worth hearing [SB]