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Classical CDs Weekly: Enescu, Mendelssohn, Tuur, Sara Stowe

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY String octets, Estonian orchestral music and an avant-garde vocal disc

String octets, Estonian orchestral music and an avant-garde vocal disc

Mendelssohn Gringots Mendelssohn: Octet, Enescu: Octet Gringolts Quartet & Meta4 (BIS)

Classical CDs Weekly: Franck, Holger Falk, Ursula Paludan Monberg

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Belgian orchestral music, a trip to Venice and a journey round the horn

Belgian orchestral music, plus a trip to Venice and a journey into the horn's past

Franck: Psyché, Le Chasseur maudit, Les Éolides RCS Voices, Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jean-Luc Tingaud (Naxos)

Franck by Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Mikko Franck (Alpha Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, John Bullard, Fred Thomas

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, John Bullard, Fred Thomas

Flamboyant piano studies, orchestral fireworks and a pair of banjos

Chopin: Études Sonya Bach (piano) (Rubicon)

Classical CDs Weekly: Berlioz, Markus Reuter, The Mozartists

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Big Berlioz, Markus Reuter's quartet and stormy Mozartists

A seminal French symphony, a contemporary string quartet and stormy music from the 18th century

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Rêverie et caprice, La mort d'Ophélie, Sara la baigneuse Utah Symphony/Thierry Fischer, with Philippe Quint (violin) (Hyperion)

Classical CDs Weekly: Korngold, Gabriel Prokofiev, Barbara Hannigan

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Concertos, chamber music and a revealing opera documentary

Concertos and chamber music, plus an opera production from conception to performance

Korngold: Violin Concerto, String Sextet Andrew Haveron (violin), RTÉ Concert Orchestra/John Wilson, Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bizet, Gounod, Liszt, Heinz Winbeck

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY French elegance, an epic piano sonata and a contemporary symphonic cycle

French elegance, an epic piano sonata and a contemporary symphonic cycle

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Symphony No. 1 in C, Gounod: Petite Symphonie Scottish Chamber Orchestra/François Leleux (Linn)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bruckner, Holst, Piazzolla

CLASSICAL CDS Austrian symphonic gravitas, English exotica, tangos from Ireland

Austrian symphonic gravitas, English exotica and tangos from Ireland

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings)

Classical CDs Weekly: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Aisha Orazbayeva

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and a versatile violinist's response to lockdown

Russian orchestral music and a versatile violinist's response to lockdown

Rachmaninoff in Lucerne – Rhapsody, Op. 43, Symphony No. 3 Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester/James Gaffigan (Sony)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Mahler, Strauss

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Downsized Beethoven and Mahler plus Petrenko's brilliant Strauss

Downsized orchestral music, plus a taste of the great outdoors

Beethoven Symphonies 1-3 – arrangements by Ries & Ebers Compagnia di Punto (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Zosha Di Castri, Dukas, Roussel

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Baroque string suites, Canadian contemporary music and an insect-themed ballet

Baroque string suites, Canadian contemporary music and an insect-themed ballet

Mike Block: Step into the Void (Bright Shiny Things)

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