Top 5 classical releases you need to hear this week – featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Yevgeny Sudbin

James McCarthy
Friday, May 9, 2025

This week we feature new recordings of Elgar's The Kingdom, Scriabin's Vers la flamme and symphonies by Schumann and Bruckner

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