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Dominy Clements
Arvo Pärt: …Lente (Berlin Classics)
Meltingly affecting, make sure you have a fresh spiritual mop and bucket to hand for this recording [DC]
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & Trio (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Top-notch Shostakovich [DC]
Bach: Fugues arranged for String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Gorgeous playing, wonderful music, but more of a supplement than a Bach staple [DC]
Elgar: Symphony No 1, Organ Sonata (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A wonderful thing to have on your shelf or in your pocket [DC]
Alma: Ibero-American Songs (SOMM Recordings)
A song-recital recording to convert those who think they are not keen on song-recital recordings [DC]
Rameau: A Basket of Wild Strawberries (Ondine)
Early music buffs will probably run miles to avoid such a disc, but they will be missing a treat [DC]
Vaňhal: Flute Quartets (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully played music which makes few emotional demands, but hiding a verdant garden of rich colour and variety [DC]
Mozart: String Quartet & Quintet (Aeon)
This beautifully engineered package is one with which I shall be able to live happily for a long time [DC]
Brahms: Complete Works for Two Pianos (Netmark)
If the idea of neatly obtaining Brahms’s entire two-piano output appeals, then this fits the bill in just about every regard [DC]
Stjernebru: Nordic choral music (2L Records)
Had enough of contemporary Nordic choral music? Well, think again… [DC]
Scintilla – Early Italian String Quartets (Brilliant Classics)
Should be acquired by anyone with an affection for the string quartet genre [DC]
Habanera – Music For Eight Cellos and Voice (SOMM Recordings)
New meat for cello fans [DC]
Works for Campanula (and harp) (Cybele)
Fascinating sonorities and intriguing music [DC]
Vine: The Piano Music 1990-2006 (Tall Poppies)
(Déjà Review) An impressive, irreversible strength to the works on this disc [DC]
Ravel: Apothéose infernale (Anclef)
Anyone for a Ravel world premiere? [DC]
Mussorgsky & Rachmaninov: Piano Works (Navis Classics)
A valuable re-release by any standards [DC]
Fred over jorden (Peace to the World) (2L)
Something rather special [DC]
Marion Ravot (harp) Voyages (Solaire)
Bewitching total immersion in sublime harp sounds [DC]
Hertl, Černý, Reiner: Lost Beauty (Solaire)
Intriguing repertoire from a fascinating corner of Czech music [DC]
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas (Cobra Records)
A boundary-challenging set [DC]
YULE (2L)
Not a ‘sing-along’ album, but richly suffused with the spirit of Yule [DC]
Lauter! (Solaire)
A welcome addition to the Smyth discography [DC]
Widor & Lalo: Cello Concertos (Solaire)
The Widor concerto is quite a discovery [DC]
Hesketh: Hände – Music for Piano (Paladino Music)
A programme infused with qualities of permanence and necessity [DC]
