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Glyn Pursglove

Baron Music for Lute and Recorder Brilliant 96080

Baron: Music for Lute Solo & Lute and Recorder (Brilliant Classics)

It is good to have a disc entirely devoted to the music of Ernst Gottlieb Baron, but my welcome for this disc comes with a few reservations [GPu]

Da Crema Lute Music Brilliant 96419

Da Crema: Lute Music (Brilliant Classics)

This fine disc shows just how good Da Crema’s music is [GPu]

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Clementi: Early Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Thoroughly engaging performances of works that are as musically rewarding as they are historically important [GPu]

Paris La Belle Epoque Bridge 9555

Paris, La Belle Époque (Bridge Records)

Playing of the highest quality in an intriguing and very rewarding programme [GPu]

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Hummel: Music for Flute & Piano Vol. 1 (Da Vinci Classics)

A rewarding conspectus of Hummel’s compositions for flute and piano [GPu]

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Margola: Music for Violin, Piano & Orchestra (Brilliant Classics)

This disc provides a good opportunity to make the acquaintance of a talented and affable composer [GPu]

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Monteverdi: Madrigals (Naïve)

(Déjà Review) A glorious, theatrical recording of Monteverdi’s final collection of madrigals [GPu]

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Cristal Bello (Vanitas)

A rewarding collection with a clear historical purpose, though it delights at least as much as it educates [GPu]

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Cassadó & Mompou: Complete Solo Guitar Works (Naxos)

Having all the compositions for guitar by these two Catalan composers makes this a desirable disc [GPu]

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La Caramba (Winter & Winter)

A fascinating disc, both for the enjoyable music it contains and for the cultural history which underlies it [GPu]

Legende von Lerber Harp Claves CD503048

Légende – Solo harp works (Claves)

A consistently engaging anthology of ‘romantic’ music for solo harp, all perceptively played [GPu]

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Karchin: Keyboards/Winds (Bridge Records)

A rewarding sampler of work by a consistently interesting composer, uniformly well-played and recorded [GPu]

Italie Mandolin ArcanaA552

Un air d’Italie: the mandolin in Paris in the 18th century (Arcana)

No-one with a fondness for the mandolin should miss this engaging disc [GPu]

Catalan Cello Works (Naxos)

A thoroughly enjoyable disc, fascinating music atmospherically played and well recorded [GPu]

Hues and Shades (recital) (Orchid Classics)

A sophisticated delight, full of subtle musicianship and expertly recorded [GPu]

Segal: Harp and Bassoon ‘on the Roof’ (Harp & Company)

The musicianship is top-class throughout, but the compositions are somewhat uneven in quality [GPu]

salzedo harp da vinci

Salzedo: Scintillation (Da Vinci Classics)

A valuable and thoroughly enjoyable anthology of works for solo harp, played with insight and vivacity [GPu]

Corelli: Corellimania (OUR Recordings)

An excellent disc of baroque chamber music, even if in one or two cases the link to the craze for Corelli is a little tenuous [GPu]

Sirventès – Chamber Music by Iranian female composers (New Focus)

Deserves to be heard by all who are interested in contemporary chamber music [GPu]

Passacaglia Respighi Shostakovich Orchid ORC100262

Respighi & Shostakovich: Violin Sonatas (Orchid Classics)

Intelligent and assured performances of two contrasting sonatas which prove to be mutually illuminating [GPu]

Mozart Organ Works LAWO LWC1257

Mozart and the Organ (LAWO Classics)

A rewarding disc which brings together early and late Mozart [GPu]

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French Sacred Song (Ad Fontes)

A fascinating programme, with top class performances in excellent sound [GPu]

Cortese: Chamber and vocal music (Dynamic)

Not flawless but interesting (re)introduction to the work of a neglected neoclassical Italian composer [GPu]

Mendelson & Bacewicz: Chamber Works (Chandos)

Four ‘lost’ works of Polish modernism presented in splendid performances (GPu)