From the cacophony of recorded music that swirls around us in 2018 comes this lovely disc. Pianist Stephen Hough takes us on a civilised and largely gentle journey through his many arrangements of familiar melodies for piano. It makes for an enchanting CD.

He begins with a waltz adaption of Strauss’ Radetzky March. It is given a soft touch in Hough’s arrangement; this is not a criticism, only an observation.Two items from Don Quixote by Minkus are delicately essayed. In the same vein is Manuel Ponce’s Intermezzo No 1 and from Cécile Chaminade’s Suite de Piano we get Pas de Écharpes. She is a composer we don’t get to hear much these days; her beguiling music matches the mood of the opening pieces. Similarly, Dvořák is represented by two items, Humoresque No 7 and his...