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

"If you have even the slightest interest in Russian civilisation, you will need to experience this music without delay."

A new recording featuring works by McCarthy era target Hanns Eisler serves as a reminder of a voice that deserves reintroduction.

It must be something in the plum juice that produces, generation after generation, a cluster of distinctive string quartets from the country constituted as the Czech Republic. There is nothing like a Czech string quartet. It’s a generic school of ensemble playing that aligns all the right accents to a witty, virile expressiveness and an almost effortless panache.

This is a very contemporary Winterreise, thoughtful and intensely musical, its beauties so restrained that you are surprised to find tears spilling from your eyes in the closing song, "Der Leiermann", an open-ended ending that is unmatched in music until Mahler’s "Das Lied von der Erde".

This celebratory release completing Peter Oundjian's fourteen-year tenure as Music Director of the TSO is a fitting tribute to his legacy.

The 2011 Tchaikovsky winner has lost none of his capacity to surprise.

Is there a better living singer of Russian Lieder? New release by baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing Georgy Sviridov is short but powerful.

The Canadian pianist pushes listeners into an alternate sound world, one where time and motion are devoid of meaning.

Never heard of Carbonelli? Don’t feel too bad about it.