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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas (IBA)
A fascinating survey of Idil Biret’s solo Prokofiev [DHa]
Bartók: The Paris Concert 1980 (Antal Doráti Centenary Society)
An engaging previously unreleased all-Bartók concert from Doráti in Paris [DHa]
Ravel: Piano concerti (Deutsche Grammophon)
Ravel’s two concertos, reasonably well played and excellently recorded, but I was left wanting more [DHa]
Shostakovich & Meyer: String Quartets (Genuin)
An original recital including a creative imagining of a sixteenth quartet by Shostakovich [DHa]
Hindemith: Orchestral works (Antal Doráti Society)
An interesting glimpse into Doráti’s Hindemith [DHa]
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 and 10 (BIS)
A welcome return to the music of Shostakovich by the Jerusalem Quartet [DHa]
Mahler: Symphony 5 (SWR Music)
A newly released live recording reminds us of the legacy of a great Mahlerian [DHa]
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor) Mravinsky in Helsinki (Janus Classics)
A headless Shostakovich symphony makes for a dispiriting experience [DHa]
Beyond (Orchid Classics)
A scintillating album of orchestral music drawn from 21st century opera [DHa]
Martin Cousin (piano): Fantasies (Convivium Records)
A fascinating recital exploring the scope of the fantasia genre [DHa]
Love Divine (Convivium Records)
The first recording of a Renaissance mass setting and new works by women composers in a well sung recital [DHa]
Hough: Piano Concerto, Sonatina nostalgica, Partita (Hyperion)
A sparkling, nostalgia infused collection of new works for piano by Stephen Hough [DHa]