Recommended

This gorgeous recording now becomes my prime recommendation [DMD]

A highly imaginative rendition of Prokofiev’s ballet in Ashton’s timeless choreography [RC]

Massenet’s opera is superbly rejuvenated in a recording which sweeps the field of all other versions [MP]

Rakhi Singh’s exceptional playing and arranging skills in an exhilarating transatlantic contemporary violin recital [RHa]

If this doesn’t win every award going I will be astonished [DMD]

Fabulous music, hugely enjoyable [SA]

Two remarkably cogent pieces, each composed by more than one hand [RHa]

An admirable new account of Hindemith’s piano masterpiece [SB]

Spectacular in every respect [SG]

A stunner of a Mahler Eighth, one of the best since Solti’s classic account [RMo]

A delight – puts a smile on your face and a sense of joy and beauty in your heart [MMB]

A collection of fine works for the unusual combination of bassoon and strings [GPJ]

Blazingly impressive performances given with intense virtuosity and musical insight [NB]

Not everything works here, but so much of this music is colourful, affirmative, original and incontrovertibly beautiful [RHa]

Simply wonderful piano playing [DMD]

Shihyun Lee never misses the mark in this wonderful collection of Mendelssohn’s sometimes overlooked piano works [RCh]

A delight from start to finish – Carolyn Sampson is on effervescent form [JQ]

Toscanini at his best in these great live concert recordings from 1948, lovingly remastered [GPJ]

A movingly immersive experience [MP]

This performance has completely revised my view of the Viola Concerto [DMD]

A wonderfully refined and also exciting new version [SB]

Dame Janet Baker’s unparalleled stage performance of Orfeo makes a triumphant return to the catalogues [PCG]

The mighty Mass of Life is revealed as a genuine masterpiece in this blazing performance [NB]

Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy are an ideal partnership in demonstrating the zest, eloquence and operatic underpinning of Mozart’s piano concertos [MG]