Andras Schiff explores links to Schubert, Mozart, Haydn and Bach in an album of encores which adds up to humble restraint and deep introspection.

Great recordings are easy to review. Likewise bad ones. About 99.5 percent of all releases fall somewhere in between. This is one of them.

Themed albums are all the rage these days, but coming up with an idea that takes into to account timeliness is a rarity. Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano's "Requiem, the pity of war" captures the timelessness of the English landscape and the hopelessness of young men in the WWI trenches with this magical new release.

The latest album by prolific British violinist Tasmin Little consists of music by women, and the sense of an ending adds poignancy to its reception.

A fine selection of Walton's major orchestral works, in a standout reading by Anthony Marwood and the BBC Scottish Symphony.

Never sampled Georg Philipp Telemann? It’s like Vivaldi with added carbs, or Bach at a gentle walking pace.

Composed against a devastating backdrop of Stalinist oppression, Shostakovich's Symphony #8 takes new meaning under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda.

Unlike other maestros, Ivan Fischer does not try to improve Mahler —  and also why this new release of the 7th Symphony is in such high regard.

English soprano Louise Alder, who made an opera debut as Glyndebourne’s stand-in Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier in 2014, sounds undaunted by anything Strauss can throw at her.

Nothing eases the brain so gently and effectively as the crafted, thoughtful noises of György Kurtág.