Lebrecht’s Album of the Week

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 9 (Hallé)

VW will never catch on beyond Anglophiles — ask not the reason why

Erwin Schulhoff: Violin sonatas (Orfeo/FHR)

Virtuosity amidst violence

Hans Winterberg: orchestral works (Capriccio)

The lost sounds of a German Jewish composer

Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)

This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far

Henryk Mikolai Gorecki: Piano pieces (Accord)

A furious, unfiltered revelation of the experimental heart of a familiar composer

Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)

This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works

Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)

Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest

Gustav Mahler: 4th symphony (Pentatone)

A new recording of Mahler’s smallest symphony is “indispensable” to connoisseurs of his music

British piano concertos (Lyrita); British music for strings #3 (CPO)

A prawn cocktail of exceptionally competent music to enjoy on Easter Sunday

Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments Musicaux

A new release of Rachmaninov’s first piano sonata deserves more than five stars