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David McDade
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Beluah)
Despite its fame a misfire from all involved [DMD]
Radigue: Occam Delta XV (Collection QB)
One of the greatest musical minds of our era [DMD]
Broken Branches (Pentatone)
A superlative Songs from Chinese can’t quite redeem indifferent singing elsewhere [DM]
Wellesz: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
Does this dark but gripping music proud [DMD]
Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 (The Cleveland Orchestra Recordings)
The Cleveland Orchestra stakes a claim to be currently the best in the world [DMD]
Janácek, Brahms, Bartók: Violin Sonatas (Alpha Classics)
Two firecracker performers strike a storm of sparks off one another [DMD]
Handel: Keyboard Suites (Deutsche Grammophon)
Moves the Korean into the elite group of pianists [DMD]
Homage (Lorelt)
The excitement of new discovery combined with passionate advocacy [DMD]
Teodorescu-Ciocănea: Orchestral music (Toccata Classics)
This deserves to enhance Teodorescu-Ciocănea’s reputation and bring it before a wider public [DMD]
Schubert: Schwanengesang (Decca)
Urgent unfettered performances certain to divide the crowd [DMD]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Beulah)
A largely unsung Das Lied gleams like old gold in Beulah’s new issue [DMD]
British String Quartets (Rubicon Classics)
A lovely Celtic inflected collection of rarities [DMD]
The Brahms Connection (Quartz)
Stunning recorded sound, superlative performances of rare repertoire- an absolute winner! [DMD]
Hilary Hahn (violin) Eclipse (DG)
Blistering Ginastera sandwiched between rather average Dvořák and Sarasate [DMD]
Klaudia Kudelko (piano) Time (C2)
Combustible Bacewicz and Chopin from a terrific young pianist [DMD]
Nuit et Jour (Rubicon)
Martinova’s abandoned musical personality unleashes no holds barred Ravel but less successful Debussy [DMD]
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