The choices

Mahler Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’

Arleen Augér, Janet Baker; CBSO/SIMON Rattle Warner Classics 747 9628

Purcell The Fairy Queen

Soloists; Oae/william Christie Opus Arte OA1031D

Mozart Mass in C minor

Carolyn Sampson et al; Bach Collegium Japan/masaaki Suzuki BIS BIS2171

Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande

Maria Ewing, François Le Roux; Vienna Philharmonic/claudio Abbado DG 435 3442

Huw Watkins Five Larkin Songs

Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton (piano) BIS BIS2413