Lean and mean, refreshingly scrubbed, or grimly business-like and fatuously dynamic? I’m not always a fan of John Eliot Gardiner’s work, however, this combination, short measure though it is, works for me.

The Schubert Fifth has none of the gemütlich charm of Böhm, let alone the genial radiance of Beecham, but the playing is tight and alert throughout, with gorgeous perky woodwind and the seldom observed first movement repeat. The slow movement has just the right amount of melancholy shadows, the Minuet infectious bounce and the finale the perfect helping of Haydnesque high spirits.

The Brahms is even more interesting: it’s hard to avoid making this work sound bucolic and Gardiner imparts...