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David McDade

Ligeti String Quartets Quatuor Diotima Pentatone PTC5187061

Ligeti: String Quartets (Pentatone)

Hats off! A Recording of the Year! [DMD]

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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 TOCC0617

Wellesz: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)

Does this dark but gripping music proud [DMD]

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Medtner: Storms and Idylls (Private release)

More magical subtleties from Ang [DMD]

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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]

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Schubert: String Quartets (Rubicon Classics)

Raw, bleeding late Schubert [DMD]

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Handel: Keyboard Suites (Deutsche Grammophon)

Moves the Korean into the elite group of pianists [DMD]

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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]

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Schubert: Schwanengesang (Decca)

Urgent unfettered performances certain to divide the crowd [DMD]

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Beulah)

A largely unsung Das Lied gleams like old gold in Beulah’s new issue [DMD]

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Beulah)

Bracing and dazzling [DMD]

British String Quartets (Rubicon Classics)

A lovely Celtic inflected collection of rarities [DMD]

Lutyens: Piano Music Vol. 2 (Resonus)

Jones strikes gold again [DMD]

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The Brahms Connection (Quartz)

Stunning recorded sound, superlative performances of rare repertoire- an absolute winner! [DMD]

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Hilary Hahn (violin) Eclipse (DG)

Blistering Ginastera sandwiched between rather average Dvořák and Sarasate [DMD]

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Klaudia Kudelko (piano) Time (C2)

Combustible Bacewicz and Chopin from a terrific young pianist [DMD]

Noir jour Martinova RCD1108

Nuit et Jour (Rubicon)

Martinova’s abandoned musical personality unleashes no holds barred Ravel but less successful Debussy [DMD]