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Dominic Hartley
Mozart: Don Giovanni (C Major)
A fitfully interesting, ultimately disappointing Don Giovanni from Barrie Kosky [DHa]
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 (Orchid Classics)
Caroline Shaw and Beethoven 3 bring Jonathan Biss’s ‘Beethoven /5’ project to a superb close [DHa]
Late Romantic Music for Violin and Piano (Et’cetera)
A delightful recital, beautifully planned and brilliantly played [DHa]
Feldman: For Bunita Marcus, Palais de Mari (True Blanking)
Compelling live performances of Feldman piano works by a doyen of the field [DHa]
Elgar: From the Archives, Vol 3 (SOMM Ariadne)
Compelling live Elgar from Sir Adrian Boult in SOMM’s essential archive series [DHa]
Bellini: (Oxford University Press)
Powered by the latest scholarship, a readable and illuminating overview of the career of Vincenzo Bellini [DHa]
JL Adams: Horizon (ABC Classics)
John Luther Adams continues to amaze in his first work since his move to Australia [DHa]
Symbiosis – Tribute to Bill Evans (Pentatone)
An ambitious and rewarding tribute to a jazz legend. [DHa]
Lang: geschrieben in wasser (Another Timbre)
Varied and compelling chamber works [DHa]
Frey: Clarinet Quintet (Another Timbre)
A new chamber work of great beauty [DHa]
Dodgson: Turn Ye to Me (SOMM Recordings)
A wonderful demonstration of the craft of the song composer from Stephen Dodgson [DHa]
McCormack: Chamber music (Kairos)
Unignorable instrumental works from a leading composer [DHa]
Stravinsky: Muses (Channel Classics)
Camerata Salzburg breathe life into neoclassical Stravinsky [DHa]
Garro: Choral Music (Hyperion)
Cupertinos capture our attention in excellent performances of the music of a neglected composer [DHa]
Herbert von Karajan Live in Berlin, 1970–1979 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]
Shostakovich: Symphony No 2 & 5 (Chandos)
An interesting Shostakovich coupling from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic [DHa]
Poulenc: Piano Music (Nimbus)
Another enjoyable rediscovery from Nimbus [DHa]
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Reference Recordings)
An impressive Mahler 5 in superb sound [DHa]
Kurtág: Fin de Partie (BMC)
The unmissable first recording of Kurtág’s masterpiece [DHa]
Feldman: Intermission 6 (Another Timbre)
A fascinating longform realisation of a Feldman piano piece. [DHa]
Janáček’s Sinfonietta: Nigel Simeone & Jiří Zahrádka (Boydell Press)
A fascinating and highly informative guide to one of Janáček’s most famous works [DHa]
Sohal: Vocal and Instrumental Music (Heritage)
Welcome insights into the development of an important compositional voice. [DHa]
Soulima Stravinsky: Rediscovered Recordings (Nimbus)
A fascinating rediscovery from the Nimbus archives – Soulima Stravinsky playing his own and his father’s music [DHa]
O Maria, virgo pia (Convivium Records)
A memorable 700th anniversary celebration for an Oxford college [DHa]
