Tchaikovsky

(Déjà Review) Tells the story compellingly with excellent singing and playing from everyone [ST]

The brio and panache, and occasional limitations, of a great violinist (and Mahler’s brother-in-law) [JW]

An appealing programme drawn from three ‘late’ concerts, including a galvanised Tchaikovsky [NB]

Known and unknown repertoire in Beecham’s ultra-communicative live performances [JW]

A box set full of magic [RMay]

Doráti and the Minneapolis in live concerts with variable music-making but some energising rarities included [JW]

Wonderfully rich, inventive and atmospheric transcriptions by the greatest showman in classical music [RMo]

An impressive coupling of unjustly neglected gems [PRJ]

Subtle musicianship throughout – very much worth the asking price if the coupling attracts [DC]

The immediate post-war Vox chamber music catalogue gives up its secrets in fine restorations [JW]

A little slice of Stokowskian debut history in these two discs [JW]

Déjà Review) A triumph [IL]

A delightful recital, beautifully planned and brilliantly played [DHa]

(Déjà Review) A real mixed bag hopelessly compromised by the best-known item but still desirable for the accounts of the lesser-known music [RMo]

An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]

A fascinating, marvellously presented anthology [JQ]

(Déjà Review) Authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred [JW]

by Alan George

Fills in the discographic gaps with lovely repertoire [SV]

A serviceable Pathétique, but not a great one [ST]

From macabre midnight to hopeful dawn [JF]

79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]

A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]

Andrey Gugnin makes these piano versions really exciting [SB]