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Symphony No. 5; Swanwhite Suite etc Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon Ondine ODE 1468-2 77:16 mins One of the features of Finland’s impressive music educati

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Erkki-Sven Tüür: Violin Concerto No. 2 Hans Christian Aavik (violin); Odense Symphony Orchestra/Gemma New Orchid Classics ORC100380 51:39 mins It was an audacious move to

Complete Suites and Other Music for Keyboard Cristian Sandrin (piano) SOMM Recordings SOMMCD0702 61:09 mins In the first complete recording of Purcell’s eight keyboard suites on the modern piano, Roma

Krystian Zimerman (piano), Maria Nowak (violin), Katarzyna Budnik (viola), Yuya Okamoto (cello) Deutsche Grammophon 486 4650 77:10 mins Brahms’s Second and Third piano quartets tend to be overshadowed

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Adès LPO LPO0131 69:58 mins The orchestral suites in this compelling live release from the London Philharmonic Orchestra do far more than précis the stage works f

Paavo Järvi (conductor) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Alpha 1004 With literally hundreds of recordings of the ‘Italian’ Symphony available, it might seem an impossible task to select a credible shortlist