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Gary Higginson
Marwan Abado: Longa Vienna (Gramola)
Middle-Eastern songs and instrumental improvisations, vividly recorded and beautifully presented [GH]
de Visée: Theorbo Solos (BIS)
Music by Louis XIV’s favourite lutenist, played with distinction on a wonderfully resonant, warm instrument [GH]
Center: Instrumental and Chamber Music Vol. 3 (Toccata Classics)
More music by an almost reclusive, highly original composer, played with understanding and care [GH]
Martinů: String Quartets No. 4, 5, 7 (Naxos )
(Déjà Review) Czech dances never seem to be far away … rollicking and suspense-laden [GH]
Dodgson: Piano Music (Somm Recordings)
Well worth investigating [GH]
Sacred Treasures of Venice (Hyperion)
A fine young male choir in known and little-known repertoire [GH]
Vecchi: Six-Voice Motets (Dynamic)
Complete motets by a prolific but overlooked Italian renaissance master [GH]
Secrets of Armenia – recital (Grand Piano)
First recordings of music by little-known composers, in convincing performances [GH]
Blyton: Choral Works (Upbeat Records)
(Déjà Review) This music, simply delightful as it is, could well change your life [GH]
Paradigma Medioevo: Music from 14th-century Italy (Brilliant Classics)
This can be a good introduction to the 14th century Italian Ars nova [GH]
Ymaginacions – Mass upon John Dunstable’s square (Paraty)
A Lady Mass by a leading early Tudor composer in an exciting, unique performance [GH]
Tveitt: A Hundred Hardanger Tunes Suites Nos 2 & 5 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Between Engeset and the RSNO, this music is coaxed into shape without effort or artificiality. Highly recommended [GH]
Enlighten: Israeli Piano Trios (Meridian)
Beautifully performed piano trios by composers from Central Europe who settled in Israel [GH]
Las Huelgas Codex, Vol 1 (Brilliant Classics)
The mediaeval Las Huelgas Codex, the first instalment, in no-nonsense interpretations [GH]
Sciarrino: Paesaggi con macerie (Kairos)
A remarkably original voice in contemporary Italian music [GH]
Guerrero: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hyperion)
This is another of The Brabant Ensemble’s fine recordings of music by Spain’s greatest Renaissance master [GH]
Eva Zöllner (piano accordion) – voces, señales (Genuin)
Contemporary Columbian music for the piano accordion which takes a great deal of getting used to [GH]
Aichinger: Virginalia 1607 – Motets (Tactus)
Discover complete Marian motets by a respected but largely forgotten late-Renaissance German master [GH]
Christmas from the Chapel Royal (Resonus)
A fine all-male choir in an unusual, well-balanced programme to suit a wide variety of tastes [GH]
Berio: Complete Piano Music (Grand Piano)
The complete recording of Berio’s little-known piano works [GH]
Salve Susato: 16th Century vocal works (Ramée)
Music which the great Susato printed, drawn together for a view of his incredible publishing achievement [GH]
Composing Myself (Toccata Press)
One of the most important composer autobiographies [GH]
Kelly: Chamber Music (Toccata Classics)
Fine premiere recordings of chamber music by a little-known Australian who perished on the Somme [GH]
Rise Up and Wonder (Priory)
New sacred music of talented women composers, sung by a fine and sympathetic choir [GH]
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