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Britten: Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas (Chandos)
A welcome reissue of an excellent recording placing Britten’s ballet in context [DHa]
McCormack: mine but for its sublimation (Another Timbre)
The first recording of a spellbinding composition for piano [DHa]
From Eastern Europe (Alpha Classics)
A satisfying survey of the Russian Cello Sonata [DHa]
Minimalist (IBS Classical)
A recital of mostly forgettable works of minimalism for piano [DHa]
Brahms & Contemporaries Vol. 2 (Chandos)
Genuinely illuminating comparisons are made in this excellent recital [DHa]
Silence is Golden. Arrangements for soprano, piano & clarinet (Hänssler Classic)
An entertaining ‘dramedy’ album [DHa]
Sohal: Lila, Violin Concerto (Heritage Records)
A welcome second instalment of Sohal’s key works [DHa]
Haydn: ‘Russian’ Quartets Op. 33 (BIS)
Matchless Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet [DHa]
Sohal: The Wanderer, Asht Prahar (Heritage)
An essential issue of two of Sohal’s orchestral compositions [DHa]
Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Hänssler Classic)
A compelling lieder recital, cutting edge, joyful and poignant [DHa]
Darknesse Visible: Inon Barnatan (Pentatone)
An unusually thoughtful, very well played recital with a Miltonian cue [DHa]
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 (Ondine)
High quality performances of well-known and less familiar Sibelius. [DHa]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: A Centenary Tribute (SOMM Ariadne)
A fascinating set of rare live Fischer Dieskau performances and a chance to hear him reminisce [DHa]
Prokofiev: Symphony No.6 (LSO Live)
An exciting performance of a major Prokofiev symphony captured live [DHa]
Bertrand Chamayou (piano): Ravel Fragments (Erato)
An imaginative and beautifully constructed album provides a real highlight for the Ravel anniversary [DHa]
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Pentatone)
A dramatically satisfying, musically spectacular performance of Bartók’s only opera [DHa]
Messiaen’s Musical Universe (Fugue State Films)
A brilliant, revelatory release which enhances our understanding of Messiaen [DHa]
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]