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Classical CDs: Microphones, mazurkas and mad scenes

Piano concertos, operatic intermezzi and a striking collection of songs

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra/Sir Donald Runnicles (Reference Recordings)

Classical CDs: Drawing rooms, timpani strokes and domestic fiddling

CLASSICAL CDS Drawing rooms, timpani strokes and domestic fiddling

Vintage recording techniques, partsongs and Soviet orchestral music

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 Bamberger Symphoniker/Jakub Hrůša (Accentus)

Classical CDs: Polkas, fans and chestnut trees

CLASSICAL CDS Czech piano music, Cuban mambo, a pair of Renaissance choral blockbusters

Czech piano music, Cuban mambo and a pair of Renaissance choral blockbusters

Kabeláč: Eight Preludes, Motifs from Exotic Lands, Smetana: Dreams Jan Bartoš (piano) (Supraphon)

Classical CDs: Suits, serenades and flared trousers

Baroque keyboard variations, contemporary orchestral music and songs by a maverick miniaturist

Bach: Goldberg Variations Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG)

Bach Goldberg Variations Reimagined Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque (Channel Classics)

Classical CDs: Strings, trumpets and stained glass windows

20th century music from Poland, Renaissance choral music and Venetian field recordings

Grażyna Bacewicz: Piano Concerto, Concerto for Two Pianos, Music for Strings, Trumpets and Percussion Peter Jablonski, Elisabeth Brauß (pianos), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (Ondine)

Classical CDs: Tambourines, multiphonics and hot chocolate

CLASSICAL CDS Tambourines, multiphonics and hot chocolate

Horn concertos, piano concertos and sacred choral music

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody Lukáš Vondráček, Prague Symphony Orchestra/Tomáš Brauner (Supraphon)

Yuja Wang, Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG)

Classical CDs: Microphones, Massachusetts and mountains

CLASSICAL CDS Microphones, Massachusetts and mountains

Another great conductor celebrated in box form, plus vinyl reissues and rediscovered string quartets

Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters – The Mono Recordings (Decca Eloquence)

Classical CDs: Penitence, pipe smoking and soot sprites

CLASSICAL CDS A conducting giant, Renaissance choral music and Japanese film scores

A conducting giant commemorated, plus Renaissance choral music and Japanese film scores

Otto Klemperer: The Warner Classics Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs: Peasant weddings, chilly vistas and bass drums

Russian symphonies and ballet, plus contemporary lieder and Balkan piano music

Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1-3 Insula Orchestra/Laurence Equilbey (Erato)

Classical CDs: Nuts, bolts and blu-tac

CLASSICAL CDS Contemporary piano music, post-war British songs and baroque cantatas

Contemporary piano music, post-war British songs and baroque cantatas

Michael Blake: Afrikosmos Antony Gray (piano) (Divine Art)

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