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Classical CDs Weekly: Prokofiev, Skempton, Walton

Sensational in Skempton: Roderick Williams

Effervescent Russian piano concertos, plus two discs of British music

Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1&3, Overture on Hebrew Themes Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Onyx)

Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Louis Frémaux, Les Passions de l’Ame

Seriously funny: Meret Lüthi and Les Passions de l'Ame

Scintillating German symphonies, analogue treats from Birmingham, and a disc of baroque humour

Blomstedt's Beethoven Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt (Accentus)

Classical CDs Weekly: Leonid Desyatnikov, Dimitar Nenov, Ars Nova Copenhagen

Impeccable intonation: Ars Nova Copenhagen

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY: DESYATNIKOV, NENOV, ARS NOVA COPENHAGEN Fascinating discoveries from Russia and Bulgaria, plus a winning choral disc from Denmark

Fascinating discoveries from Russia and Bulgaria, plus a winning choral disc from Denmark

Leonid Desyatnikov: Sketches to Sunset, Russian Seasons Roman Mints (violin), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, both conducted by Philip Chizhevsky (Quartz)

Classical CDs Weekly: Peter Eötvös, London Conchord Ensemble, Kate Lindsey

Viennese chamber music, Hungarian opera and smouldering songs from composers in exile

Péter Eötvös: Paradise Reloaded (Lilith) Soloists, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gregory Vajda (BMC)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Haydn, GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

Sparring partners: the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY: BRAHMS, HAYDN, GRAUSCHUMACHER PIANO DUO Keyboard music from Austria, Germany, France and Bali

Keyboard music from Austria, Germany, France and Bali

Brahms: Piano Concertos Sunwook Kim (piano), Hallé/Sir Mark Elder (Hallé)

Classical CDs Weekly: Falla, Ravel, Antoine Tamestit, The American Brass Quintet

The American Brass Quintet's latest incarnation

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY French and Spanish piano music, plus seductive viola sounds and phenomenal brass playing

French and Spanish piano music, plus seductive viola sounds and phenomenal brass playing

Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain, Ravel: Piano Concertos Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot (Hyperion)

Classical CDs Weekly: Antheil, Debussy, Hosokawa, Schmidt

Symphonies from a self-styled 'bad boy', plus music from Austria, France and Japan

Antheil: Symphonies 4 and 5, Over the Plains BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Chandos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Mahler, Shostakovich, Michael Barenboim

Heft and intelligence: pianist Peter Donohoe

Late romantic symphonic excess, post-war Soviet pianism and epic music for solo violin

Bach, Bartók, Boulez Michael Barenboim (violin) (Accentus)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brian Elias, Stravinsky, Palaeolithic Bone Flutes

This week's star instrument: a palaeolithic bone flute

Sophocles set to music, Stravinsky from Sydney, and sounds of the Stone Age

Brian Elias: Electra Mourns Psappha/Nicholas Kok, Britten Sinfonia/Clark Rundell (NMC)

Classical CDs Weekly: Kleiberg, Legrand, Aida Garifullina

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY: KLEIBERG, LEGRAND, AIDA GARIFULLINA Norwegian choral music, French concertos and a young soprano's debut disc

Norwegian choral music, French concertos and a young soprano's debut disc

Ståle Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir/Eivind Gulberg Jensen (2L)

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