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From the hundreds of classical CDs Gramophone reviews each month, editor James Inverne selects 10 outstanding recordings.

Select an issue to view the Editor's Choice: 
Ades - The Tempest
EMI 695234-2
Simon Keenlyside bar Ian Bostridge ten Cyndia Sieden sop Kate Royal sop et al Orch of the Royal Opera House / Thomas Adès
An alluring Adès score and a first-rate cast make this Tempest unmissable more...

Bruckner - Symphony No.3 (Nowak ed)
Oehms OC722
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Ivor Bolton
Ivor Bolton delivers a graceful and buoyant Bruckner more...

 
Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
Sony Classical 88697 36791-2
Zefiro / Alfredo Bernardini
Zefiro’s performance of this outdoor music offers a breath of fresh air more...

 
Hindemith - Complete Viola Music Vol.1
Hyperion CDA67721
Lawrence Power va Simon Crawford-Philips pf
All Hindemith’s hits and more, played with true conviction more...

 
Mozart - Idomeneo
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2036/38
Soloists; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / René Jacobs
Jacobs’s inspired and occasionally eccentric Idomeneo has unparalleled dramatic tension more...

 
Piotr Anderszewski - Carnegie Hall Recital
Virgin Classics 267291-2
Piotr Anderszewski pf
A thrilling performance before an enthusiastic New York audience more...

 
Ravel - Songs
Hyperion CDA67728
Gerald Finley bar Julius Drake pf
Evocative performances of these exquisitely crafted miniatures more...

 
Smetana - Orchestral Works Vol 2
Chandos CHAN10518
BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda
A superb Smetana orchestral selection performed with immaculate virtuosity more...

 
Song of Songs
Harmonia Mundi HMU807489
Stile Antico
Stile Antico sing with full voice in these sensuous songs more...

 
Yuja Wang - Sonatas and Etudes
Deutsche Grammophon 477 814-0
Yuja Wang pf
A combination of blazing technique and a rare instinct for poetry more...

 
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