Jarre’s epic score released in its complete form for the first time.
Haunting neo-classical work from the Berlin-based composer.
Benchmark performances by a string quartet clearly on the cusp of great things.
A classic soundtrack, musique concrete pummelled and shattered to dust.
Dove’s church opera is a delight from start to finish.
Easy on the ear, mellifluous, and nimbly adept at broadening into bracing drama.
Surprisingly crisp and spry, but authentically Mozartian.
Delivers an imaginatively bleak experience, primal and poetic in equal measure.
One of those rare soundtracks that merits – and rewards – repeated listening.
This pairing tantalises and frustrates in equal measure.
Spiteri doesn’t opt for obvious choices, but fails to make these songs her own.
Adès is the most consistent and compelling composer of his generation.
It won’t disappoint, but it doesn’t thrill or excite either.
Attractive, well-proportioned readings noteworthy for instrumental subtlety.
Frang heralds one of the freshest accounts of this frequently recorded work.
Inspired performances all round, in textbook perfect sound and lavish packaging.
A charming account of a seasonal staple.
A dark, yearning poetry that’s discreetly powerful and wholly persuasive.
Harnoncourt has much to say about this sparkling work, and largely serves it well.
Acutely sensitive performances abound on a ravishing collection.
A noticeably more austere proposition than wider-known previous works.
Perahia’s eloquent sleight of hand is up there with the best.
A ravishing new account; a lithe and lyrically rich labour of love.
The young Argentinean stamps her authority with a finesse beyond her years.
An opera that has been resuscitated and restored to new life.
An impeccably crafted blend of intimacy and exuberance.
Cements her position at the forefront of a new generation.
This edition tells only a small part of a much larger story.
Gleams with all the fabulous, flinty beauty of an uncut diamond.
Valery Gergiev revels in the pusling drama of Bartok's expressionist opera.
An offering of Dickensian dimensions.
Seethes with a turbulent energy, pent-up brass threatening to boil over.
A leisurely swim in the vast ocean of popular American song.
A surprisingly intricate and detailed score with sufficient passages of romance and drama
Music-making simply doesn't get any better than on these classic recordings.
A messy, unnecessary and utterly forgettable soundtrack.
Every bit as accomplished and deserving of attention and applause.
Dutch singing star Traincha makes a polished bid for the big time.
As glossy, well-manicured and smooth as an air-brushed cover of Vogue magazine.
They take their classy covers credo in new and nimbly delightful directions.
It hypnotically blends Malian desert blues with twanging guitar-led Tichumaren agit-prop.
Odder than Kate Bush, as dreamy as Stina Nordenstam and less scary than Tori Amos.
A return to form for the sassy bluegrass chanteuse.
Not a note out of place or a lazy lyric in sight.
Here’s an essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Precisely crafted but Allen’s delivery always seems to call to mind another voice.
Rodriguez has exchanged her cowboy boots for a pair of expensive high heels
Dreamy, gently swaying, cocktail bar music making given the glossiest of productions
Here's a magnificent souvenir of a momentous occasion
It was grim up North in the late 70s. This album reflects it.
