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Classical CDs Weekly: Stravinsky, Vivaldi, John Williams

Iconic ballet music, baroque concertos and four decades of film scores

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Agon (arranged for piano duet and two pianos by the composer) Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo (Wergo)

Classical CDs Weekly: Berlioz, Shostakovich, Turnage, La Maîtrise de Toulouse

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Berlioz, Shostakovich, Turnage, La Maîtrise de Toulouse

Bleak Soviet symphonies, exciting orchestral playing from Istanbul plus Slavic choral delights from Toulouse

Shostakovich: Symphonies 4 &11 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (DG)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bennett, Jiří Bělohlávek, Michala Petri and Lars Hannibal

Scintillating orchestral music, a lavish tribute to a much loved Czech conductor and a recorder virtuoso unwinds, alfresco

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson, with Howard McGill (saxophone) (Chandos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bernstein, Sibelius, Stravinsky, Mihai Ritivoiu

Three epic symphonies, a pair of 20th century violin concertos plus a Romanian pianist's debut disc

Bernstein: Symphonies 1-3, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Berio, Brahms, Schubert, A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland

CLASSICAL CDs WEEKLY: Berio, Brahms, Schubert, A Map of the Kingdom of Ireland

An unfinished symphony is restored, a piano quartet gets new clothes and electronica from the Emerald Isle

Berio: Rendering, Schubert: Symphony No 9 Soloistes Européens, Luxembourg/Christoph König (Rubicon)

Classical CDs Weekly: Louis Couperin, Pärt, Bruce Levingston

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Louis Couperin, Pärt, Bruce Levingston

The lesser-known Couperin revealed, early and late Arvo Pärt, plus piano music refracted through church windows

Louis Couperin: Dances from the Bauyn Manuscript Pavel Kolesnikov (Hyperion)

Classical CDs Weekly: Sibelius, Strauss, Bernstein the Pianist

Sibelius from Wales, an Alpine travelogue from Jurowski, generous centenary pianism

Sibelius: Finlandia, The Swan of Tuonela, En Saga, The Oceanides BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (Linn)

Classical CDs Weekly: Sverre Indris Joner, John McLeod, Poulenc, Stravinsky

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Sverre Indris Joner, John McLeod, Poulenc and Stravinsky under the microscope

Norwegian tango, new Scottish orchestral music and a classic Stravinsky disc returns from the vaults

Sverre Indris Joner: Con cierto toque de tango Henning Kraggerud (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Sverre Indris Joner, with Tango for 3 (Lawo Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Berio, Maderna, Mozart, Matthew Gee

Two imaginative discs of transcriptions, plus spills and thrills from a top trombonist

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 12 and 13, Double Concerto in Eb Marie-Pierre Langlamet and Joan Rafaelle Kim (harps), Varian Fry Quartet (Indésens)

Classical CDs Weekly: Handel, Holloway, Korngold, Nielsen

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY The critical spotlight falls on Handel, Holloway, Korngold and Nielsen

Baroque violin sonatas, 20th century violin concertos and contemporary chamber music

Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo The Brook Street Band (Avie)

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