A substantial main course followed by a sugary dessert.

Northey is a winner with his West Australian Side Story.

Ormandy’s Bluebeard rides again, plus Edo, Martin and Maurane on Eloquence.

A neglected figure receives committed advocacy.

American self-styled bad boy’s violin music ain’t bad at all.

Our writer spends a weekend by the Murray at the Albury Chamber Music Festival.

A concert all the more interesting for its elements of surprise.

Sony reissues the Finn in full, plus birthday boy Bernstein comes complete on DG.

Rachmaninov’s godliness underlined by Osborne’s cleanliness.

An enjoyable and thoughtfully diverse program performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

A typically thoughtful, superbly performed concert including two Australian compositions.

20th-century US symphonies in 21st-century Swedish sound.