Falla: The Three-cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Homenajes Raquel Lojendio, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena
'The level of engagement with the music is exceptional'
Mare Nostrum: Dialogues of Christian, Muslim and Jewish music from around the Mediterranean Montserrat Figueras, Lior Elmaleh; Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall
'A lovely tissue of local music with Sephardic and Turkish folk songs'
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Tamara Wilson, Elizabeth DeShong, Nikolai Schukoff, Brindley Sherratt; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Gulbenkian Choir/John Nelson
'The Gulbenkian Choir is fearless and exults in Beethoven's demands'
Chick Corea • Eddie Gomez • Paul Motian: Further Explorations 'Three veterans working in a classic format who can still make music that sounds as though it was invented yesterday'
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Les nuits d'été, Le Roi de thulé from La Damnation de Faust Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
'Marc Minkowski gives an energetic, crisp emphatic reading'
Joplin: Treemonisha Cast includes Anita Johnson, Annmarie Sandy, Edward Pleasant; The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra & Singers/Rick Benjamin
'Worth hearing for the warmth of its numbers inspired by ragtime'