Chamber Weinberg String Quartets When one sees "Volume One" on a cover and it's of a series as vital as this one, there is much cause for celebration
Chamber Wind, Sand & Stars: The Orchestra of the Swan Digital Concert A wonderful hour of music and storytelling
Chamber Entente Musicale Whatever is happening elsewhere, Anglo-French relations are just fine on this disc, with Delius, Cyril Scott, Ireland and Bax rubbing shoulders perfectly affably with Debussy and Ravel. Music from the
Beethoven Beethoven Violin Sonatas from Onyx This is an ongoing series of consistent excellence: modern performances is state-of-the-art sound. In a year that could have held so much more Beethoven, not least live, it is good
Cello Songs of Comfort & Hope: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott A warm glow and a warm hug for these uncertain times
Chamber Italian Postcards: Quartetto di Cremona at 20 Celebrating twenty years (and their 14th recording - and their first on Avie), the Quartetto di Cremona registers four reactions to Italy by non-Italians in a programme that is wide-ranging
Baroque Cafe Zimmermann with Damien Guillon: Lamento The appeal of this ravishing disc is twofold: one, the astonishing countertenor Damien Guillon, who we have perviously met in the Classical Explorer post on Masaaki Suzuki's incredibly powerful Bach
Classical Hoffmeister's Magic Flute In times such as these, we sometimes need something to take our minds off the World's travails. Step forward the flute music of Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812)
Hindemith A Tale of Two Hindemiths ... Music for violin and piano, and for piano solo, from this still under-rated composer
Baroque The stunning world of Salvatore Lanzetti Unforgettable Baroque music delivered with consummate artistry
Chamber Some more Stanford String Quartets ... plus a Joachim Romance More sublime Stanford from the Dante String Quartet
Chamber The Sheer Joy of the Chiaroscuro Quartet's Haydn A reminder of the magnificence of Haydn Quartets here: music of joy and solace in unquiet times. The Chiaroscuro Quartet is an international group, comprising Alina Ibragimatova (Russia) and Pablo
Chamber Charles Villiers Stanford's String Quartets Superb performances of music that deserves far wider currency
Chamber Brahms Cello Sonatas in fresh new performances Two young artists deliver Brahms of freshness and enthusiasm
Chamber Death and the Maiden: The Fitzwilliam Quartet and Schubert Superbly fresh, period-informed performances of two well-loved Schubert masterpieces
