Classical CDs: Dinosaurs, harmonicas and final frontiers
Two works with narrators, a pair of tenor recitals and a young conductor tackles Russian symphonies
Fauré: Requiem, Gounod: Messe de Clovis Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Alpha-Classics)
Arthur Bliss: Works for Brass Band Black Dyke Band,/John Wilson (Chandos)
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Debussy: Préludes George Lepauw (piano) (Orchid Classics)
Fauré: Complete Music for Solo Piano Lucas Debargue (Sony)
Allan Pettersson: Complete Edition Various artists (BIS)
ECHOES: Duets by Schumann Brahms, Saint-Saëns et al Katharina Konradi (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)(CAvi/SWR/DG)
Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (LSO Live)
Sir Neville Marriner: The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner)
Chopin: Études op.10 & op.25 Yunchan Lim (Decca)
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (NSO)