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Dominic Hartley
The Importance of Elgar: An Anthology (Boydell Press)
An essential, accessible collection of perspectives on Elgar’s music [DHa]
Larks Ascending (Albion Records)
Five RCM student composers turn skylark recordings into strikingly varied new works [DHa]
Loriod: Trois pièces; Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen (Alpha Classics)
A first recording of Yvonne Loriod’s prepared-piano pieces, paired with the work Messiaen wrote for the two of them to play. [DHa]
Shostakovich in France (Boydell Press)
An original and perceptive account of the reception of Shostakovich’s music in France [DHa]
Lizée: ZonelyHearts (Centrediscs)
A fascinating exhibition of Nicole Lizée’s audiovisual world [DHa]
Feldman in Love: A novel
A novel about Morton Feldman? Why not? [DHa]
Busoni: Works for Piano (Nimbus Records)
A highly enjoyable Busoni recital from Martin Jones [DHa]
John Tilbury (piano): Domestic and archive recordings (Another Timbre)
John Tilbury’s last recordings make a compelling box set. [DHa]
Trevor Bača: Stirrings Still (ECM)
A thrilling realisation of Samuel Beckett’s last prose work. [DHa]
Seaside (Another Timbre)
A welcome reissue of a contemporary classic [DHa]
The Republic of Love. Opera and Political Freedom (Oxford University Press)
A philosopher takes a thought-provoking and timely look at opera [DHa]
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (C Major)
A rehearsal-room Così fan tutte that doesn’t ignite [DHa]
Steiger: String quartets (Kairos)
Political music that turns its gaze inward [DHa]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 30, 31 and 32 (Decca)
Mitsuko Uchida revisits late Beethoven to wonderful effect. [DHa]
Sweet Chance: music for harp, flute & voice (Convivium Records)
An ingeniously constructed recital [DHa]
Music at World’s End (SUNY Press)
A brilliantly written story of exile and influence [DHa]
Beethoven: Variations for piano (Harmonia Mundi)
The thoughtful completion of Cédric Tiberghien’s Beethoven Variations project [DHa]
Rituals: Ives, Hahn, Bolcom (Acis)
A thoughtfully constructed, beautifully performed song recital [DHa]
Beethoven: Late Piano Sonatas (BIS)
Enthralling late Beethoven from Paul Wee [DHa]
Halévy: La Juive (Naxos)
Halévy’s neglected colossus arrives on Blu-ray with fine singing, but in a somewhat muddled staging [DHa]
Glass: Hourglass (Naïve)
Revelatory Philip Glass from Simone Dinnerstein [DHa]
Peripheral Visions — Australian Clarinet Trios (Heritage)
Six Australian voices, one unusual trio: a surprising and energising disc [DHa]
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]
