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David McDade
Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Étoiles (Seattle Symphony Media)
This gorgeous recording now becomes my prime recommendation [DMD]
Turnage: Shroud, Winter’s Edge (Delphian)
Turnage takes his place in the English pastoral tradition [DMD]
Dvořák: The Complete Piano Trios (Supraphon)
If this doesn’t win every award going I will be astonished [DMD]
Recharged by Nature. Contemporary Nordic Works (Alba)
Delightful new music to recharge even the most jaded listener [DMD]
Cordelia Williams (piano): Cascade (SOMM Recordings)
Simply wonderful piano playing [DMD]
Mompou: Música callada – Books 1-4 (Hyperion)
Like the cool stone of a monastery on a scorching hot Spanish summer’s afternoon [DMD]
Bartók: Concertos (Alpha Classics)
This performance has completely revised my view of the Viola Concerto [DMD]
Dependent Rising (Cedille)
Magnetically communicative music given electric performances [DMD]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4 (The Cleveland Orchestra Recordings)
A mismatch between conductor and composition however well it is played [DMD]
Adès: Alchymia (Orchid Classics)
Gorgeous, autumnal music that shows that contemporary music doesn’t bite! [DMD]
JL Adams: Darkness and Scattered Light (Cold Blue Music)
Deep resonant scores that explore darkness, physical and spiritual [DMD]
Bruce Liu (piano): Waves (Deutsche Grammophon)
An intriguing programme with much to enjoy even if it does not quite add up [DMD]
Agata-Maria Raatz (violin, voice) Echo of Bach (Solo Musica)
A strange, uneven but enjoyable disc lit up by the violinist’s own compositions [DMD]
Brahms: Double Concerto; Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvořák: Silent Woods (Ondine)
A touching tribute by elite musicians to a friend and colleague [DMD]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon)
I’m not sure it is possible to overhype playing as good as this [DMD]
Liszt: Piano Works Vol. 2 (Prima Facie)
If you haven’t yet caught up with Hamilton’s Liszt then what are you waiting for? [DMD]
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas (Delphian)
Worth buying for the rich, subtle and exciting account of the famous Chaconne alone [DMD]
Infinite Voyage (Alpha Classics)
A fine send off for the Emerson Quartet at the top of their game [DMD]
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Decca)
More than justifies the hype surrounding this young violinist [DMD]
Medtner: Complete Piano Music Vol. III
Virtuosity suffused with delicate poetry [DMD]
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14 (Chandos)
The best yet in Storgårds’s developing cycle [DMD]
Ospald: Más Raíz, Menos Criatura (BR Klassik)
Tough music but shot through with passion and humanity [DMD]
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