The packaging’s retro vibe – make sure you watch the trailer on YouTube! – is not the least attraction of this latest recording from New Dutch Academy and its Sydney-born director, Simon Murphy. But the 18th-century repertoire here is retro by default. Not so the stylish performances, which evince a 21st-century approach to historical performance practice that is compelling in itself.

Jet Set! is the follow up to NDA’s previous recording Grand Tour: Baroque Road Trip. As Murphy’s...