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