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Toscha Seidel (violin): American Columbia Recordings (Biddulph)

The brilliant tonalist Toscha Seidel in his first acoustic recordings [JW]

David Nadien (violin): Live in Recital (Biddulph)

A live concert from 1972 finds David Nadien and Jaques Abram in excellent form [JW]

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Benno Rabinof & Toscha Seidel (violins) Grieg & Franck violin sonatas (Biddulph)

Two pupils of Leopold Auer share disc space, one in terminal decline, the other vivacious and brilliant [JW]

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Schubert & Brahms: Piano Trios (Biddulph Recordings)

Classic performances from Myra Hess and friends [RMas]

Renée Chemet (violin): The Victor Recordings (Biddulph)

Another dose of the charming, characterful and decidedly old-fashioned stylist, Renée Chemet [JW]

Renée Chemet (violin): The HMV Recordings (Biddulph)

The ‘French Kreisler’ Renée Chemet proves a characterful, idiosyncratic and  anachronistic stylist [JW]

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Daisy Kennedy (violin): The Complete Recordings (Biddulph)

The characterful Australian Daisy Kennedy’s entire discography is restored [JW]

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Beethoven & Mozart: String Quartets (Biddulph)

The short-lived brilliance of the Primrose Quartet heard in 1939 broadcasts [JW]

Trio de la cour de Belgique

Discographic premières from a forgotten but elite inter-war Belgian Piano Trio [JW]

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Marie Hall: The Acoustic HMV recordings (Biddulph)

The complete recordings of a once-popular violinist restored in fine style [JW]

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Jelly d’Arányi (violin): Columbia recordings (Biddulph)

The cultured elegance of violinist Jelly d’Arányi in recordings from the 1920s and 30s [JW]

Arthur Catterall (violin) Mozart, Brahms and Franck (Biddulph)

Concertmaster-soloist Arthur Catterall in historically valuable late acoustic recordings [JW]

Albert Sammons (violin) & William Murdoch (piano): Complete Sonata Recordings (Biddulph)

Pioneering sonata recordings from one of the world’s most distinguished duos [JW]

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Albert Sammons plays Elgar (Biddulph)

Sammons’ classic Elgar recordings offer virtuosity and tonal beauty as well as thrust [JW]

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Jascha Heifetz (violin) ‘Live’ Recordings (Biddulph)

Heifetz caught live in broadcasts playing some discographic novelties into the bargain [JW]

Mischa Elman (violin): Complete HMV Recordings (Biddulph)

Elman in glowing pre-war Concerto recordings in London [JW]

Kolisch Quartet: Mozart, Schubert & Schumann (Biddulph)

Fine transfers of the Kolisch Quartet’s 1930s discography [JW]

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Mischa Elman (violin)The complete Victor recordings (1926-32) (Biddulph)

Elman’s glittering morceau (and some others) in splendid transfers [JW]

Alfred Dubois (violin): Mozart & Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos (Biddulph)

Superior transfers of a great violinist, cut down too soon [JW]

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Zoltán Székely (violin) (Biddulph)

Zoltán Szekely triumphs in dual roles, as concerto soloist and quartet leader [JW]

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Isolde Menges (violin) (Biddulph)

A great artist’s important legacy restored, including first recordings of Beethoven, Bach and Vaughan Williams [JW]

René Benedetti (violin): In Concert (Biddulph)

Suave, stylish, scintillating and virtuosic; René Benedetti in his prime [JW]

Joseph Szigeti (violin): Complete AFRS Recordings and Live Performances (Biddulph)

An attractive programme of rare items from Szigeti’s discography [JW]

Adila Fachiri and Marie Soldat (violin): (Biddulph)

Fachiri, Tovey and Soldat: historic recordings freighted with significance [JW]