Nights at the Round Table

Anne - I love Robert Quinney's new recording of Bach's Trio Sonatas on the Frobenius organ at Queen's College, Oxford. I've also played the DVD of Tchaikovsky's symphonies 4 - 6 with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra several times - exhilarating to watch and even better to listen to! And Harmonia Mundi's reissue of Martinu's Mass for Double Choir is a real bargain - heavenly singing.

Dawn - Andreas Scholl’s new disc of Bach has been top of the pile for me so far this year.

James - Schoenberg’s late-Romantic epic cantata Gurrelieder (Boulez, BBC SO) has again bowled me over with its seamless fusion of Wagnerian harmony and Brahmsian logic. The concluding Hymn to the Sun is magnificent.

Ruth - I’ve been enjoying James Ehnes’s excellent recording of Bartók’s violin sonatas, as well as Carmignola’s recent release of Haydn violin concertos which has been a vibrant contrast to the Bartók.

Wayne - Having come across some of his Christmas works, I’ve been sampling recordings of Peter Warlock’s songs recently. Bethlehem Down and Adam lay y-bounden are two of my absolute favourites and both are sumptuously performed on a recording by tenor Andrew Kennedy and pianist Simon Lepper.