Bychkov and his Prague forces prioritise history over histrionics.

Sir Simon wrings authenticity from his Czech forces.

A disc of Donizetti gold, a Mahler 3 from the Czech Philh and the best in homegrown chamber music. Simon Rattle’s latest Creation is the icing on the cake.

A Mahler Three persuasively cast as a slow-turning kaleidoscope.

This month features a Kurt Weill trifecta, idiomatic Dvořák symphonies from the Czech Phil, a major Joshua Bell rediscovery and a radical take on Mozart’s Requiem.

Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic revel in tilling Bohemian soil and soul.

Folk-flecked piano trios, Elder’s Elgar, Jurowski’s Stravinsky, and orchestral songs from Magdalena Kožená and Stanford. This month’s releases are strikingly eclectic.

Kožená’s latest checks all the boxes and more.

A Frenchwoman’s resurrected Faust is Recording of the Month alongside an opera-fest that includes Kaufmann’s Parsifal. Smetana, Stravinsky, Debussy and Rózsa also feature.

Bychkov embraces his inner Czech with a magisterial national masterpiece.

Classical music has been a lifelong passion of the veteran actor. He reveals how a chance invitation shaped his taste in music forever.

Kožená and Rattle return with a compelling program of folk song arrangements.