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Friday January 24th
	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2, Rondo Boris Giltburg (piano) Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko rec. 2019 NAXOS 8.574151 [73:51] [RC] Performances to rank with the best, but also the bonus of the splendidly played Rondo.
	Paul BEN-HAIM (1897-1984), Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959) & Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello) BBC Ntl O of Wales/Łukasz Borowicz rec. 2018 CPO 555273-2 [67:34] [SG] More riches, constituting an excellent addition to this increasingly impressive series.
	Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 9 Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Parsifal Prelude & Good Friday Spell Royal Concertgebouw O/Daniele Gatti rec. 2018 RCO LIVE RCO18008 SACD [80:34] [RMo] Lovely, if not flawless, performances.
	Antonin DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) & Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Violin Concertos Rachel Barton-Pine (violin) Royal Scottish Ntl O/Teddy Abrams rec. 2018 AVIE AV2411 [73:22] [NB] More individual and nuanced orchestral accompaniments exist elsewhere.
	Sir Eugene GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Phantasy Concerto, Symphony No.2 Tasmin Little (violin) Melbourne SO/Sir Andrew Davis rec. 2018/19 CHANDOS CHSA5193 SACD [68:21] [JW] Preparation and execution alike are admirable.
	Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphonies Nos 80 & 81, Piano Concerto Lucas Blondeel (fortepiano) Le Concert d’Anvers/Bart Van Reyn rec. 2016 FUGA LIBERA FUG755 [62:06] [SSi] Fine performances which are only a little let down by the lack of some repeats.
	Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Kaleidoscope Shin-Haea Kang (piano) rec. 2019 OEHMS CLASSICS OC1713 [72:53] [JWe] Buy this disc!
	Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) & Samuel BARBER (1910-1981) Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin) Norrköping SO/Daniel Blendulf rec. 2019 BIS SACD BIS2440 [58:47] [WH] A new, young virtuoso shines in an unusual coupling.
	Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) I Due Foscari Leo Nucci (baritone) Guanqun Yu (soprano) Rundfunk O & Ch/Ivan Repušic rec. 2018 BR KLASSIK 900328 [73:00 + 28:40] [MC] Led by baritone Leo Nucci, this is an excellent recording of I Due Foscari.
	English Piano Trios Trio Anima Mundi rec. 2017 DIVINE ART DDA25158 [77:53] [JF] Each one of these five ‘trios’ is special and deserves our attention.
	Completions and Reconstructions of Musical Works - Part 1 by Stephen Barber The first performance of Adam Pounds' Second Symphony by John France

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