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Colin Clarke

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Holst: Orchestral Works (Lyrita)

Some remarkable finds here [CC]

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Chopin: Preludes & Impromptus (Warner Classics)

Cortot’s playing almost always convinces one that his is the true way [CC]

Beethoven, Bartók & Brahms: Perspectives 2 (Avie)

(Déjà Review) Sequels rarely live up to the promise of the original, but here is an exception [CC]

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Arnold: Symphony 4 (Lyrita)

Riches to be discovered here [CC]

Beethoven: Piano Concerti No.4-5 (Regis)

(Déjà Review) Classic accounts of Beethoven that demand to be heard [CC]

Mozart: Piano Concerti No.17, 21 (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) Tremendous, life-affirming Mozart playing, marking Pollini’s welcome return to this territory [CC]

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Scriabin: Piano Sonatas; Stravinsky: Serenade (ECM)

(Déjà Review) An absolutely tremendous disc, from all angles [CC]

Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1 & 5 (RCA)

(Déjà Review) This disc enjoys the privilege of being one of the worst I have heard for many a moon [CC]

Telemann: Don Quixote Suite (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Pure delight, this. Buy it [KS] – Thoroughly enjoyable fare. This is a most approachable coupling. [CC] 

Ernst Wilhelm Wolf: Four Symphonies (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Wolf can attain depths of expression that seem to post-date his period [CC]

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Beethoven: Piano Trios (Naxos)

A wonderful disc, well recorded and containing some magnificent playing [CC]

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) This performance is forever recommended, especially in this transfer [CC]

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Hommage à Evgueni Svetlanov (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Eloquent testimony to Svetlanov’s stature as a conductor [CC]

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Christine Brewer (soprano) Great Operatic Arias (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Chandos’s faith in Brewer has been justified, completely and utterly [CC]

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) A disc to return to many, many times [CC]

Rachmaninov & Ravel: Piano Works (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) Indulgence is avoided, lending more, not less, emotive weight to the cascades of sound [CC]

Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Delos)

(Déjà Review) A real feeling of spontaneity and excitement [CC]

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Schulhoff: Hot Music (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Many pleasures in these near-ideal performances [CC]

Brahms: Violin Sonata No 1-3 (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Versions to return to on a regular basis [CC]

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Avie)

More than a curio, this Fourth has an appeal and an impact all of its own [CC]

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Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 (Hänssler Classic)

Expect to be surprised, moved and possibly irritated [CC]

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Nicola Benedetti (violin) Szymanowski, Saint-Saëns & Chausson (Deutsche Grammophon)

Quite a debut – a truly excellent Szymanowski [CC]

Britten: The Turn of the Screw (Opus Arte)

(Déjà Review) James’ story in Britten’s setting emerges magnificently [CC]

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Bartók & Dohnányi: Violin Sonatas (Caprice)

(Déjà Review) A triumph all round [CC]