Bach: Solo Cantatas - the Sunday Times review

Emmanuelle Haïm’s ensemble offers classy support in this delightful score

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Vol 4 (Hungaria/Hamlet/Hunnenschlacht/Die Ideale) - the Sunday Times review

The BBC Philharmonic’s complete recordings of Liszt’s 13 symphonic poems reach a distinguished climax

Joe Temperley: The Sinatra Songbook - the Sunday Times review

There has been no shortage of tributes to the singer’s singer in the decade since his death. This is one of the classiest

Colin Matthews: Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order - the Sunday Times review

Alphabicycle Order, premiered by the Hallé in 2007, is a boisterous, quite ambitious work for children’s choir r

Drumbo: City of Refuge - the Sunday Times review

Drumbo and some magic guests release a set of original Captain Beefheart-style compositions

Beethoven: String Quintets in E flat major, Op 4, and C major, Op 29 - the Sunday Times review

Only with Beethoven could a composition of the quality of his Op 29 be as neglected as it is

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - the Sunday Times review

For Kleiber’s conducting — revealing astonishing details in Strauss’s sometimes congested scoring — this is a must

Moris Tepper: Stingray in the Heart - the Sunday Times review

Moris Tepper is a key collaborator with Tom Waits, the former Pixies front man Frank Black and Robyn Hitchcock

Naturally 7: Wall of Sound - the Sunday Times review

They are, apparently, amazing live. On the evidence of this album, they need to be

Jun Miyake: Stolen from Strangers - the Sunday Times review

It’s not hard to see why Hal Willner describes this captivating potpourri as an audio road movie

Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll - the Sunday Times review

The songs tell a relentless tale of loneliness and betrayal; and Orbison’s strength shines through every desperate chorus

Bach: Cantatas, Vol 17 Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, cond John Eliot Gardiner - the Sunday Times review

The revelatory enjoyment of John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach cantatas cycle, recorded live, continues apace

Vivaldi: Operas - Various singers, ensembles and conductors - the Sunday Times review

There’s a feast of singing here and the standard of playing by crack baroque ensembles is consistently high

Bach, Pacelbel: Adeste Fideles Thomas Laing-Reilly - the Sunday Times review

One of the Delphian label’s specialities is organ-playing, and Scottish organ-playing at that

Various Artists: Dreams Come True: Classic First Wave Electro 1982-87 - the Sunday Times review

This tribute to electro gathers together some obscure tracks that ricocheted around New York dancefloors in the 1980s

The Fleshtones: Stocking Stuffer - the Sunday Times review

The highlight is Six White Boomers in which St Nick press-gangs half a dozen albino kangaroos into service on his sleigh

The Pogues: Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say. . . Pogue Mahone!! - the Sunday Times review

What we have here is a treasure trove for committed Pogues enthusiasts that certainly beats a pair of socks

Nils Landgren: Christmas with My Friends II - the Sunday Times review

The Swedish trombonist’s follow-up to his hit 2006 session blends traditional sentiment with austere ECM-style ambience

Queen: Singles Collection 1 - the Sunday Times review

If this box set offers any illumination it is the B-sides, the early ones especially, that provide it

The Kinks: Picture Book - the Sunday Times review

A beautifully packaged box set containing more than 100 tracks and a booklet with insightful liner notes by Peter Doggett