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John France
Finger Prints (EM Records)
Played with love and enthusiasm, but never with condescension [JF]
A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)
Rare repertoire and a few old favourites for good measure [JF]
Highways and Byways, Rarities for Recorder (Divine Art)
A wonderful treasure chest of rare, interesting music [JF]
Copland: Music for solo piano (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The playing complements the vivacity, complexity and depth of this fine music [JF]
Romance and Reverie: Holst and His Contemporaries (Albion Records)
An enticing selection of rarities and imaginative arrangements [JF]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum – 2023 Festival (Danacord)
Uniformly excellent performance of a wide range of pianistic rarities [JF] [JF]
Schubert: Moments musicaux, Drei Klavierstücke (Danacord)
Absorbing and moving performances [JF]
Prokofiev: Piano Concerti (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) This fine addition to the discography could well be your first choice [JF]
Thomas Pitfield • His Friends & Contemporaries (Divine Art)
A rewarding exploration [JF]
Pitfield: String Chamber Music (Divine Art)
Performances with brilliance, technical competence and a sympathetic understanding [JF]
Schoenberg & Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande (Alpha Classics)
Two wonderfully contrasting explorations of Maeterlinck’s play [JF]
Berkeley: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (Lyrita)
(Déjà Review) Great to have this landmark recording issued on CD [JF]
Herz: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Once again thanks to Hyperion for introducing us to this lovely, interesting and well-wrought music [JF]
Bloch: America, Suite hébraïque (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) America is fantastic, gorgeous, exciting and brilliant, fun, tuneful and moving [JF]
Nystroem: Sinfonia del Mare (Musica Sveciae)
(Déjà Review) Sea music portrayed in a great fusion of romanticism and modernism [JF]
Louis Glass: Piano Works Volume 2 (Danacord)
Many pleasing moments for the engaged listener [JF]
Javier Laso (piano) New Worlds (Eudora)
Four masterpieces from four distinct strands of twentieth-century music [JF]
Véronique Gens (soprano): Paysage (Alpha Classics)
Delightful lost treasures from French musical history [JF]
Jones: Chamber Music (Lyrita)
Neo-classical music creates a bittersweet harmonic and melodic sound world [JF]
Cowie: The Kreutzer Effect (Métier)
A stimulating exploration of the Kreutzer Quartet’s talents [JF]
Center: Instrumental & Chamber Music Vol 3
The final instalment of Christopher Guild’s imaginative survey of Center’s piano music [JF]
D Johnson: Preludes & Fugues (Divine Art)
Another major contribution to Scottish classical music [JF]
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