Forgotten Records

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas 2 & 3 (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) Fresh and full of life, and will leave you wishing there was more [GA]

Haydn: Symphonies No.49, 103, 104 (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) Blech conveys well the feeling behind the classical restraint [MG]

Schubert: Symphonies 4 & 5 (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) I don’t think I’ve heard a finer Schubert 4 [CH]

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Haydn & Schubert: Symphonies (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) The Jochum brothers’ reputations don’t need to be reversed, but it’s quite an enjoyable peep into the past [CH]

Mozart: Airs d’opéras (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) All lovers of elegant stylish Mozart singing should lend an ear to this disc [GF]

Vivaldi: Gloria; Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (Forgotten Records)

(Déjà Review) Deeply satisfying [GF]

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Falla: L’œuvre pour piano (Forgotten Records)

An intriguing historical recording of de Falla’s piano works [RMas]

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Liszt: Piano Concertos & Totentanz (Forgotten Records)

Thoroughly professional, historical performances of Liszt [RMas]

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Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto 1 and solo pieces (Forgotten Records)

Intriguing Mendelssohn from two little-known pianists [RMas]

Beethoven: Eroica Variations; Weber: Piano Sonata No.1 (Forgotten Records)

Strong performances by a neglected pianist [RMas]

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Bartók: Complete String Quartets (Forgotten Records)

Outgunned by the competition, but still worth a listen [PH]

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Chopin & Scriabin (Forgotten Records)

A perfect blend of two great piano traditions from an unremembered master of the keyboard [PH]

Schubert: Symphonies 2 & 6 (Forgotten Records)

Sprightly Schubert from Bamberg in fresh transfers which breathe new life into old grooves [PH]

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Eduard van Beinum (conductor): Weber, Ravel & Berlioz (Forgotten Records)

Apart from the lack of any documentation, this is a most interesting release [JQ]

Jongen Absil Piano Concertos Forgotten Records FR2197

Jongen and Absil: Piano Concertos (Forgotten Records)

Intriguing Belgian works from 1955 Decca LPs in good, clear transfers [JW]

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Forgotten Records)

A performance of exquisite refinement [SG]

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Philippe Gaubert (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov & Dukas (Forgotten Records)

An early electrically recorded Scheherazade from a distinctive Parisian orchestra and conductor [JW]

Falla: El amor brujo (Forgotten Records)

Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]

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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor): Orchestral Anthology Vol 1 (Forgotten Records)

Schmidt-Isserstedt on light duties, pre-war, in an overture sequence [JW]

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Ernst Viebig (conductor) 1933: Les chefs proscrits (Forgotten Records)

A lesser light in German conducting flourishes in light overtures and waltzes in Weimar Berlin [JW]

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Wilhelm Grosz (conductor) 1933: Les Chefs proscrits (Forgotten Records)

The protean but short-lived Wilhelm Grosz in popular fare from Weimar Berlin [JW]

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Brahms: Violin Concerto (Forgotten Records)

Performances  of elegance and charm [SG]

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Marcelle de Lacour (harpsichord): Musique Française pour Clavecin (Forgotten Records)

The long-lived harpsichordist Marcelle de Lacour in fine French Baroque repertoire [JW]

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Henry Merckel (violin) French Chamber Works (Forgotten Records)

Classic chamber recordings from the inimitable violinist Henry Merckel and his ensembles [JW]