From the Last Week

This fine disc enables a wider appreciation of the music of Charles Wood [JQ]

Anyone with a liking for melodic music should enjoy this collection of lollipops [GF]

Another extremely successful recital from Eva Zalenga [PT]

Conductor Launy Grøndahl marshals stage and choral works from Denmark’s past and present [JW]

A well-balanced programme that shows American music at its best [PRJ]

First-class Tchaikovsky from Liverpool [PH]

(Déjà Review) I enjoyed virtually all the works presented but the absence of any information about them is deplorable [JF]

Déjà Review) This performance impresses by its inexorable growth [CH]

Knotty and serious scores receive powerful performances, beautifully recorded [NB]

Engaging and lively playing of arrangements that remain close to the original [JV]

An excellent panorama of the first years of electrical recording with first-rate transfers and presentation [PSt]

A challenging, rewarding album [JQ]

A delightful and important rediscovery [RMay]

Askenase captured in exceptional form in all these performances [RCh]

(Déjà Review) Filled to the brim with a wide range of brass music [TPr]

(Déjà Review) Music that is reasonably challenging but will more than compensate with repeated hearings [MC]

Treasures from the guitar repertory masterfully played [ZT]

An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]

High quality performances of well-known and less familiar Sibelius. [DHa]

Music that reflects both the bleakness but increasing vitality of Kalabis’s works for string ensemble [JW]

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

Excellent playing, but the concept is debatable [JV]

(Déjà Review) Another unearthed gem, sensitively performed and beautifully recorded [DBl]

(Déjà Review) Committed playing from Menuhin’s Indian Summer, excellently partnered by son Jeremy [GF]

A mix of popular and little-known works, which is a joy from beginning to end [MC]

Enjoyable romantic miniatures though the playing in the more spirited numbers lack gusto [RCh]

A rare misfire in Decca’s hugely impressive opera back-catalogue [LD]

A deeply satisfying programme of recent orchestral music [WH]

A fine addition to Semyon Bychkov’s Mahler cycle [JQ]

A fine account of Schubert’s Ninth, and five orchestrated songs as a bonus [LW]

A work of staggering scale and substance superbly recorded [RB]

An excellent all-round recording [EML]

Ignored for over 200 years, Salieri’s opera finally receives its time in the spotlight [MC]

Shelest makes one wonder why these gems are not in the repertoire of many more pianists [RCh]

Mozart’s final, transcendent symphony framed with an interesting pair of complementary works [PH]

A varied, satisfying portrait of a very fine pianist [RWe]

A very fine recording that gives one the best chance to reconsider The Kingdom’s virtues [NB]

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

(Déjà Review) The whole disc is absolutely delightful [GH]

(Déjà Review) An astonishing survival of a cherishable tradition, bringing unique insights and the lifetime’s experience of a great conductor [LF]

A special release that should be on the shelf of all violinists and violin-fanciers [RMas]