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Classical CDs: Glass harmonicas, summerhouses and snap pizzicati

Rediscovered violin concertos, plus new music from Latvian and Puerto Rican composers

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Florence Price: Violin Concertos 1 and 2, Adoration Randall Goosby (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Decca)

Classical CDs: Nursery rhymes, anvils and polar explorers

A pair of young British pianists, two Requiem settings and a box set of violin sonatas

Isata Kanneh-Mason: Childhood Tales (Decca)

Classical CDs: Innocence, experience and time travel

Box sets of symphonies, exciting contemporary music and a lovable French composer gets his due

Brahms: The Four Symphonies, Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Luzerner Sinfonieorchester/Michael Sanderling (Warner Classics)

Classical CDs: Beer, brio and tubular bells

CLASSICAL CDS Russian symphonies, a musical morality tale & a well-lubricated night out

Russian symphonies, a musical morality tale and a well-lubricated night out

Shostakovich: Symphonies 8, 9 and 10 Berliner Philharmoniker/Kirill Petrenko (Berlin Phil Media)

Classical CDs: Hellscapes, harpists and fairy mounds

CLASSICAL CDS Contemporary ballet, epic symphonies in new clothes, renaissance madrigals

Contemporary ballet, epic symphonies in new clothes and renaissance madrigals

Thomas Adès: Dante Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale/Gustavo Dudamel (Nonesuch)

Classical CDs: Infernal dances, hammered dulcimer and musical taxidermy

CLASSICAL CDS: Infernal dances, hammered dulcimer and musical taxidermy

French and Welsh songs, Russian ballet and a musical cactus

Nadia & Lili Boulanger: Les Heures Claires - The Complete Songs Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Raquel Camarinha (soprano), Anne de Fornel (piano), Sarah Nemtanu (violin), Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) (Harmonia Mundi)