The welcome opportunity to hear some lesser-known RVW has been a regular bonus of the ongoing cycle from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and this next instalment is no exception. In Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 6 & 8, magisterial performances of the two symphonic masterworks are framed by a selection of miniatures—a rare outing for England, my England (a choral work from World War II) and three folk-song settings for chorus and orchestra. October's Record of the Month is a major release for the composer's 150th anniversary year, and one which should not be missed. If 'Clair de lune' is much the most familiar work in a programme of Early and late piano pieces by Debussy, the rest of the recital is no less rewarding. Steven Osborne has long since proved his affinity with the music of the French master, and this album devoted to shorter works from either end of the composer's creative life is a worthy successor to the previous two.

Telemann's Fantasias for solo violin are the ideal choice for anybody who has ever been left in open-mouthed astonishment by Alina Ibragimova's solo Bach recordings on Hyperion—which is surely everyone who has ever listened to these remarkable accounts—and wondered what to explore next. They are works which amply justify the high repute in which Telemann was held in eighteenth-century Hamburg, and can seldom have sounded so compelling.

The ongoing series dedicated to choice selections of our all-time favourite recordings—ones you might possibly have missed? This time: the Walton Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations from Anthony Marwood, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins (‘a red-carpet recording from Hyperion’—The Strad), the Bach & Telemann Variations by Max Reger from Marc-André Hamelin (‘those who have yet to be won over by Reger's keyboard music should start here’—Classic FM Magazine), and Piano Trios by Fauré, Debussy & Ravel from The Florestan Trio (‘another absolute winner’—The Sunday Times). If you don’t know them already, a track from each is included on our monthly sampler which is free to download.

Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra bring us Bruckner's Symphony No 4. Named the 'Romantic' in the composer's own hand, the work is deservedly one of the most popular in the cycle, and this new LSO Live set includes fascinating alternative versions which trace some of the composer's tortuous passage to the definitive score we know today.

A new cycle from the National Symphony Orchestra of the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, is inaugurated with Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 3. Gianandrea Noseda conducts these impressively taut performances, captured live for the orchestra's own label in January 2022.

St John's College Choir Cambridge and Director Andrew Nethsingha have put together a new album for Signum Classics: entitled The Psalms this presents thirteen of these pillars of contemplation from the Evensong tradition in performances which go so far beyond their apparent simplicity.

Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess has returned to the studio for his fifth album on Signum: A percussionist’s songbook. This is a vibrant collection of specially commissioned songs (largely) without words by John Metcalfe, Tunde Jegede, Dario Marianelli, Yazz Ahmed, Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova, Gabriel Prokofiev and Burgess himself.

The Moons Symphony by Amanda Lee Falkenberg is a seven-movement dramatization of past, present and future moon exploration—a contemplation of who and where we are in the universe. This committed performance on Signum Classics comes courtesy of the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and conductor Marin Alsop.