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John Williams Jaws – Original Motion Picture Score Hollywood Studio Symphony/John Williams Backlot Music (digital) / Mondo (vinyl) 54 mins It’s half a century since audiences were first left terrified

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

Zaytoun Songs by JS Bach, Monteverdi, Purcell and Sayed Darwish et al Haitham Haidar (tenor), Sylvain Bergeron (archlute), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali (oud) et al Athene ATH 23027 51:44 mins In medieval Spain

The curious tale of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on tour

AV ATAR: FIRE AND ASH MARINERS BRENDAN COWELL AND JEMAINE CLEMENT ON THEIR BRINY RETURN

Premières Symphonies Works by Bizet, Gounod and Saint-Saëns Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Kazuki Yamada Alpha Classics ALPHA1149 89:27 mins (2CD) The most familiar of these three classically