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Classical CDs Weekly: Soundtracks Special

Smartness and sunshine from Christopher Willis

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Six film scores, spanning more than a century of cinema

Six film scores, spanning more than a century of cinema

Carl Davis: Intolerance Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra/Carl Davis (Carl Davis Collection)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Handel, Pärt

Rembrandt's drawing of Christ carrying the cross, a detail of which is reproduced on the Bach Collegium Japan's box cover

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY An epic Passion, an iconic oratorio and choral music from a great Estonian

An epic Passion, an iconic oratorio and choral music from a great Estonian

Bach: St Matthew Passion The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music/Sir Stephen Cleobury (King’s College Cambridge)
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Prokofiev, A Tale of Two Violas

An absolute rarity? Peter Mallinson and Matthias Wiesner

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Piano sonatas from Germany and Russia, plus a disc of string duets

Weighty piano sonatas from Germany and Russia, plus a disc of string duets

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Fazil Say (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Poulenc, Simon Höfele

Living in the moment: pianist George Lepauw

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Bach, Poulenc, Simon Höfele

Life-enhancing keyboard music, cheery sounds from Paris and a dazzling young trumpeter

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier George Lepauw (piano) (Orchid Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Grieg, Sibelius, Papagena

Admonishment and consolation from Papagena

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Grieg violin sonatas, Sibelius symphonies and an a capella anthology

Norwegian violin sonatas, Finnish symphonies and an a capella anthology

Grieg: To the Spring – Violin Sonatas 1-3 Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) (Orchid Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Ives, Shchedrin, Veprik

Two American symphonies, a Soviet ballet and a poignant rediscovery

Ives: Symphonies 3&4 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media)

Classical CDs Weekly: Christopher Gunning, Joe Meek, Tesla Quartet

Alexander Fiterstein and the Tesla Quartet: more joy than desolation

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Christopher Gunning's symphonies, a Joe Meek curio and the Tesla Quartet

British symphonies, post-war electronica and a disc of clarinet quintets

Christopher Gunning: Symphonies 2, 10 & 12 BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Kenneth Woods (Signum)

Classical CDs Weekly: Eisler, Hindemith, Gabriel Prokofiev

Boom bang a bang: Joby Burgess and the Ural Philharmonic

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY: East German film music, a 20th century response to Bach and a pair of contemporary concertos

East German film music, a 20th century response to Bach and a pair of contemporary concertos

Eisler: Leipzig Symphony, Night and Fog, Sorrowful Pieces from Film Scores MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Kammersymphonie Berlin/Jürgen Bruns (Capriccio)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Bruckner, Notice Recordings

Zubin Mehta with the Berliner Philharmoniker

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Beethoven, Bruckner and Notice Recordings' cassettes

Definitive box sets of sonatas and symphonies, plus striking new music from a US independent label

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-32 Igor Levit (Sony)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Magnard, Skempton

James Gilchrist and Ensemble 360, recording music by Howard Skempton

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Brahms, Magnard, Skempton

A great German conductor's vintage years, plus neglected French symphonies and British vocal music

Brahms: The Orchestral Music Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur (Decca Eloquence)

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