- Kaleidoskop Europa: Tänze für Klaviertrio (Gramola)A delightful anthology of European dances, familiar and forgotten [GPu]
- Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Antal Doráti Centenary Society)A powerful live performance that also has some troubling aspects [WH]
- Fritz Kreisler (violin): Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)The legendary Fritz Kreisler comes up pristinely in new transfers of his concerto recordings [PH]
- Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, Petites Esquisses d’Oiseaux (Piano Classics)A superb new version of Messiaen’s great piano cycle [SB]
- Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On (Signum Classics)In times of war and unrest, this album from the masterly King’s Singers gives hope [GF]
- Strauss: Don Juan, Ein Heldenleben (Gramola)On the evidence of flabby playing and murky sound, the conductor should stick to Bruckner [RMo]
- Mahler: Symphony No.3 (Farao Classics)(Déjà Review) Mehta knows how to handle large forces, but is less successful in conveying the music’s symphonic direction and flow [TB]
- Dufay: Mass for Saint Anthony Abbot; Binchois: Motets (Hyperion)(Déjà Review) Often searingly beautiful, often surprisingly inventive, and always brilliantly performed [EML]
- Ukraine – A piano portrait (SOMM Recordings)A disc that should gain wide recognition [SA]
- Verdi: Il trovatore (Pristine Audio)A finely produced package of golden age singing, splendidly refurbished for a new generation [MP]
- Spain On Fire (Challenge Classics)A delight from first note to last [DJB]
- Timothy Reynish (conductor) Works for wind band (Mark Masters)An enjoyably eclectic programme of music for wind band [PRJ]
- Für Beethoven: Arrangements for Guitar & Piano (MP Editions)The unlikely pairing of guitar and fortepiano yields surprising musical discoveries in this engaging collection of Beethoven arrangements and related works [SSc]
- Virtuoso – Music for Euphonium and Brass Band (Naxos)Intriguing arrangements for brass band of some well-known works [KT]
- Mussorgsky: Songs (Warner Classics)Christoff is delightfully over the top, hugely enjoyable and making more straight-laced versions sound boring [TH]
- Mahler: Symphony 9 (Decca)An interesting, provocative reading of the Symphony and the performances of the songs are very good [JQ]
- Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (Brilliant Classics)An admirable new version of Messiaen’s much-recorded work [SB]
- Walton: Violin Concerto and other orchestral works (Chandos)John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London embark on a Walton odyssey [PH]
- Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Warner Classics)Spectacularly virtuosic playing of some of Bach’s most joyously inventive music [RMo]
- Kelly: St Francis of Assisi (Regent)A much-needed boost to the limited Bryan Kelly discography [PRJ]
- Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (Erato)Roth andLes Siècles provide enough musical revelations to make this the top choice among stereo versions [MP]
- Busoni: Piano Music Vol. 13 (Naxos)Wolf Harden brings his survey to end with something of a miscellany to tie up loose ends [RCh]
- Corigliano: Symphony 2 (Chandos)This new version of the Second Symphony now takes pride of place on the Corigliano part of the shelf [CC]
- Jascha Heifetz (violin) Sonatas (Naxos)(Déjà Review) No Heifetz admirer should be without this [JW]
- Janáček: String Quartet 1by Alan George
- Gounod: Petite Symphonieby Alan George
- Shostakovich: String Quartet 14by Alan George
- Cécile Chaminade and her contemporaries play Chaminade (APR)Treasures a plenty in this fabulously explorative and enjoyable release [RCh]
- Holst: Beni Mora and Choral Symphony (Somm Recordings)Sargent’s charisma shows these scores in their best light [NB]
- Gubaidulina: Galgenlieder à 3 (Kairos)A superb tribute to the late composer [MBu]
- Prokofiev: Symphony 6 (LSO Live)A great version of one of Prokofiev’s finest works from the LSO and Noseda [PH]
- Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande (Naxos)No masterwork but an interesting find reawakened after two centuries [GF]
- Sibelius and Barber: Violin Concertos (Erato)Capuçon is ponderous in Sibelius but well attuned to Barber [LW]
- Berlioz was a Womanby Len Mullenger
- The Convict Harpsichordist (Move)(Déjà Review) An fascinating recital themed around the first harpsichord to arrive in Australia [RH]
- Dances of our Time (BIS)(Déjà Review) A modern counterpart to the ‘orchestral lollipops’ discs we all used to love, and is equally enjoyable on those terms [TH]
- Fatma Said (soprano) Lieder (Warner Classics)This wonderful disc of Lieder for soprano and different forces held me spellbound [PT]
- Lovro von Matačić (conductor) (Supraphon)A tribute to a great and versatile conductor containing some superb and some less successful performances [RMo]
- Say: Violin Concerto No.2, chamber works (Naxos)The music of this refreshingly different composer holds one firmly in its grip [SA]
- Bernard Haitink (conductor): Portrait Volume II (BR Klassik)A marvellous testament to Haitink’s longstanding work with one of his great orchestral partners [ST]
- Folios of Light – Contemporary Japanese Piano Music (Azure Sky)A recital of spiritual and serene Japanese piano music [PH]