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Classical Vinyl Weekly: Bruckner, Smetana

Jakub Hrůša with the Bamberger Symphoniker

Two analogue box sets: a great conductor's last thoughts on an Austrian romantic and a set of Czech tone poems.

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Berliner Philharmoniker/Bernard Haitink (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Feldman, Paul van Kempen

Craggy magnificence: conductor William Steinberg

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Beethoven, Morton Feldman and the controversial Paul van Kempen

Analogue treasures from Pittsburgh and the Netherlands, plus a maverick minimalist on top form

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg (DG)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Andrew Hamilton, Nielsen

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Bach on guitar, Andrew Hamilton's 'Joy' and Nielsen's 'The Mother'

Solo guitar, new music for violin and voice, plus a Danish rediscovery

Bach Sean Shibe (guitar) (Delphian)

Classical CDs Weekly: Debussy, Respighi, The Red Book of Ossory

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Debussy, Respighi and the sinister Red Book of Ossory

Orchestral music from France and Italy, plus a modern take on 14th century Latin verse

Debussy: Images, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Hallé/Sir Mark Elder (Hallé)

Classical CDs Weekly: William Dawson, Ulysses Kay, Janáček, Norwegian Trombone Ensemble

Dissonant but lyrical: composer and educator Ulysses Kay

20th century American orchestral music, Czech pianism and four trombones

William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony, Ulysses Kay: Fantasy Variations, Umbrian Scene ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Arthur Fagen (Naxos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bruckner, Elgar, Prokofiev

Pungent Prokofiev from Dima Slobodeniouk

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Stellar Antipodeans, English late romanticism and Soviet ballet music

Stellar Antipodeans, English late romanticism and Soviet ballet music

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Australian World Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (ABC Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Sir John Barbirolli

A meeting of minds: Jacqueline du Pré with Sir John Barbirolli in 1965

SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI A much-loved British conductor gets an anniversary tribute

A much-loved British conductor gets an anniversary tribute

Classical CDs Weekly: Ives, Plakidis, Shostakovich

CLASSICAL CDS: IVES, PLAKIDIS, SHOSTAKOVICH Visionary Americana, Latvian orchestral music and a pair of Soviet violin concertos

Visionary Americana, Latvian orchestral music and a pair of Soviet violin concertos

Ives: Universe, Incomplete (Accentus DVD)

Classical CDs Weekly: Coriún Aharonián, Beethoven, Humphrey Procter-Gregg

Stewart Goodyear recording Beethoven in Cardiff

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Coriún Aharonián, Beethoven, Humphrey Procter-Gregg

Uruguayan modernism, iconic piano concertos and violin sonatas from an influential Mancunian

Coriún Aharonián: Una carta Ensemble Aventure, SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden/Zoltán Peskó (Wergo)

Classical CDs Weekly: Holst, Nielsen, Piatti, Tchaikovsky

Channelling Piatti: cellist Adrian Bradbury

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY An accordion duo, operatic arias on solo cello and a fiery Russian symphony

An accordion duo, operatic arias on solo cello and a fiery Russian symphony

Holst: The Planets; Nielsen: Helios Overture Mythos (Bjarke Mogensen and Rasmus Schjaerff Kjøller, accordions) (Mythos)

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