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An excellent celebration of the life and music of a composer only now coming into his own [WH]

Challenging yet rewarding music, fine performance and recording [WH]

Admirers of the composer will want to explore her choral works [WH]

Two fine artists in a fascinating and wide-ranging programme [WH]

Highly attractive choral music in a conservative idiom, splendidly performed and recorded [WH]

A splendid operatic bass in a new and satisfying context [WH]

A refreshing and compelling pairing of two piano concertos [WH]

A beautifully filmed concert with a surprising programme [WH]

Much of its freshness of character comes from the fact that so many young people are involved [WH]

Fine Brahms choral music from an unexpected source [WH]

A timely and enjoyable celebration of music for royal occasions [WH]

The staging will divide opinion, but watch, listen, and let the performers convince you [WH]

An interesting byway of twentieth-century music [WH]

Immediately attractive music for the festive season [WH]

A beautiful, approachable vocal symphony coupled with two concertante works [WH]

A fascinating programme, four works in search of a theme [WH]

The programme is sombre but the performances are superlative [WH]

Fascinating music, fine performances and recording, poor presentation [WH]

Splendid Vaughan Williams, and the other works are not to be missed on any account [WH]

At the very top of the list for these masterpieces [WH]

A themed recital with three first recordings [WH]

Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]

Not an ‘icon’ perhaps, but unmissable for admirers of Callas and Puccini [WH]

A slightly tame 6th coupled with a magnificent 15th [WH]