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John France
Joplin: King of Ragtime (Danacord)
Refined classical interpretations of ragtime’s king [JF]
Widor: Piano Music (Danacord)
Beyond the Toccata: Widor’s Piano Secrets [JF]
Easdale: Film Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) This present excellent CD must surely act as a catalyst for a deeper exploration of Easdale’s music [JF]
English Choral Music (Signum Classics)
Unearthing twentieth‑century choral treasures anew [JF]
Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
A deeply moving exploration of Vaughan Williams’s more intimate side [JF]
Out of Vienna: Leonkoro Quartet (Alpha Classics)
Intensity, irony, intimacy: modernism unveiled [JF]
Mist on the Moors: The Piano Music of Reginald Redman (Heritage)
Honeybourne unveils Redman’s long‑lost landscapes [JF]
Brahms & Gál: Piano quartets (Genuin)
Shadowed Brahms meets Gál’s lyrical wit [JF]
Holst: The Planets & R Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Gramola)
Two masterpieces transformed by Karajan’s alchemy [JF]
Holst: The Planets (piano 4 hands) & Bowen: Piano Suites (Nimbus)
Utterly sympathetic and inspired [JF]
Alexander Ffinch (organ): Expectations (Divine Art)
From macabre midnight to hopeful dawn [JF]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (SOMM Recordings)
Captivating performances of forgotten British gems [JF]
Roger-Ducasse: Best of Martin Jones (Nimbus)
A concise survey of Jean Roger-Ducasse’s piano works [JF]
Karol Mossakowski: The Organ of Saint-Sulpice (Aeolus)
Mossakowski traces a century of French organ mastery [JF]
Schwarz: Piano Works Vol. 1 (Danacord)
Rediscovery of elegant, virtuosic piano treasures [JF]
Elgar: The Crown of India (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) At last a version of this legendary work for pleasure, analysis and study [JF]
Liszt: Demonic and Divine (Prima Facie)
Liszt’s Demonic and Divine, uncannily played [JF]
Bach JS: Inventions & Sinfonias (Piano Classics)
Bach’s Inventions that do not sound like homework [JF]
Dubery: Music for woodwinds and piano (Prima Facie)
Chimera to Lake Como: Dubery’s evocative journeys [JF]
John Turner (recorder): Prayer for Peace (Prima Facie)
Rare repertoire, luminous playing, enduring effect [JF]
The Peter Jacobs Anthology 3 (Heritage)
Forgotten British piano treasures, live from 1979 [JF]
In Search of Youkali: The Songs of Kurt Weill (Chandos)
Operatic warmth meets Weill’s cabaret satire [JF]
Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos (Lyrita)
Lyrita unveils English piano treasures anew [JF]
Rutter and Others: Christmas Music (King’s College Cambridge)
King’s voices, Rutter’s timeless Christmas gift [JF]
