Comment:Aurora Duo, Donna Fairbanks, violin and Lysa Rytting, harp, formed in 1991. Their programme, Fantasie, features several World Premiere recordings, and an extensive work by Saint-Saens that is not heard very often. An unusual combo of instruments.

Comment:The soloists are - Lenka Cafourkova and Gabriela Eibenova, soprano, Pascal Bertin, alto, Virgil Hartinger, tenor and Marian Krejcik, bass, in this third selection of Zeleka's Psalmi, some of which are World Premiere recordings.

Comment:Continuing its series of recordings made by pianist Nadia Reisenberg, Romeo Records have collected her performances of Haydn Sonatas and Variations made for Westminster between 1955 and 1958. Music and playing are marvellous!

Comment:The five orchestral pieces on this disc inhabit the ecology of their time and their composers concerns with the world they inhabit. Looking in many directions their themes make a compelling and philosophical reflection, recorded in vivid sound.

Comment:Milan Pala performs Bartok's still technically and musically challenging works on his "Omayra" violin made in 2015 by Bronislav and Jan Hus Bursik. Ladislav Fanzowitz, piano, is at one with the interpretation of these sonatas.

Comment:These two young musicians teamed up in 2013 when they met in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Paganini's demands are more than answered by Kehan Zhang. Alongside their take on Piazzolla are bonus pieces by Zenamon and Elgar!

Comment:Shostakovich's 5th Symphony is probably one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. It is paired with his 6th premiered in 1939. Its unusual structure appears to have no formal first movement. Superb playing and recording in this ongoing series.

Comment:Paul Reale (b. 1943) is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. In a long career he's written in many musical forms, including eleven piano sonatas, two of which feature on this disc. The Concerto dates from 1982, revised 2015.

Comment:Nocni Optika (Night Sight) are Miroslav Nosek, guitars, Jakub Dvoracek, piano, Stepan Zbytovsky, flutes, Jan Keller, cello, Jan Dvorak, drums. Hints at unnatural behavior lay behind this album. Listeners will catch some exciting new Czech Jazz sounds.

Comment:Born in 1932 Hampson Sisler is a prolific composer in many forms. These organ pieces are descriptive, putting the 1930 Skinner Organ in the Evangelische Saarkirche Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, through an unusal selection.