Angela Hewitt leads off Hyperion's November 2008 release with a captivating first volume of Beethoven Cello Sonatas in collaboration with the inspirational Daniel Müller-Schott, while a new Takács Quartet album completes their immaculate survey of Brahms String Quartets. There is plenty for orchestral fans too: Roslavets Violin Concertos from Alina Ibragimova, dramatic pianism from Danny Driver in a Romantic Piano Concerto Series release of York Bowen (both CDs with the BBC Scottish SO); Thierry Fischer and the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales add a dash of French extravagance in a thrilling programme of music by Arthur Honegger. Garrick Ohlsson's bargain offering of The Complete Works by Chopin will appeal to connoisseurs as well as to completists, and is admirably complemented by a Stenhammar recital from young pianist Martin Sturfält that is utterly beguiling. Vintage reissues bring choral riches with Rachmaninov's Liturgy, early music perfection with Busnois and Domarto, and classic James Bowman performances of Bach Cantatas.

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