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Classical CDs: Nursery rhymes, anvils and polar explorers

"Musically engaging and fun to sing" - composer Cecilia McDowall

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

Like a freshly-unleashed tiger: composer Alex Paxton

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

Ending with a bang - composer Thomas Adès

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)

Classical CDs: Fireworks, floods and unpleasant glimpses

Thoughtful and thought-through: Paris's Quatuor Ébène

CLASSICAL CDS Classical chamber music, pianistic impressionism and two intriguing box sets

Classical chamber music, pianistic impressionism and two intriguing box sets

Debussy: Piano Works Volume 2 Dennis Lee (piano) (ICSM Records)

Classical CDs: Goblins, tailors and an errant knight

Flexibility and fruitiness from Blattwerk

CLASSICAL CDS Goblins, tailors & an errant knight, art songs, piano miniatures & a reed quintet

Art songs, piano miniatures and a reed quintet

Eleanor Alberga: Wild Blue Yonder (Navona Records)

Classical CDs: Cymbals, monsters and Morse code

CLASSICAL CDS Downsized opera, 20th century harpsichord music and English song

Downsized opera, 20th century harpsichord music and English song

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi (Alpha)

Parsifal Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Gourlay (Orchid Classics)

Classical CDs: Deserted churches, funeral marches and a Cornish lifeboat

CLASSICAL CDS Deserted churches, funeral marches and a Cornish lifeboat

English string music, plus late-romantic symphonies and a superb lieder disc

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Elgar: Introduction and Allegro etc Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos)

Classical CDs: Symphonies, suppers and knitting needles

Lush darkness from bass trombonist Clare Farr

CLASSICAL CDS Two conductors celebrated, plus accordion, bass trombone and string quartet

Two conductors celebrated, plus accordion, bass trombone and string quartet

Roger Norrington: The Complete Erato Recordings (Erato)

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