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John France
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]
Duruflé: Complete Organ Music (Brilliant Classics)
Duruflé’s organ legacy richly surveyed [JF]
Aïda Lahlou (piano): Mirrors and Echoes (Resonus Classics)
Unfamiliar gems in familiar company [JF]
Ireland: Piano works (Resonus)
From pagan rites to pastoral reveries, Ireland at his best [JF]
Christmas in Monteverdi’s Venice (Arcana)
Christmas polyphony in Monteverdi’s Venice [JF]
English music for flute and piano (Da Vinci Classics)
Victorian voices revived: charm, wit and wistful song [JF]
Vaughan Williams: Mantegna – Hymnody and Beyond (Albion Records)
Hymns reimagined, Vaughan Williams gloriously illuminated [JF]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2008 (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) An excellent CD for all enthusiasts of romantic piano music [JF]
Wellesz: String Quartets (cpo)
Vienna to Oxford: Quartets Reborn [JF]
The Eule Organ: Magdalen College, Oxford (Convivium Records)
Magdalen’s Eule organ: a monument to musical continuity and change [JF]
Cowie: Because They Have Songs (Métier)
Africa’s birds, reimagined in sound [JF]
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss Husum 2024 (Danacord)
A satisfying journey through technical invention and stylistic variety [JF]
I Have Lived & Loved (Albion Records)
Continuity and change in British lyric song tradition [JF]
M Herbert: Songs (Linn)
(Déjà Review) One of my major musical discoveries of the year [JF]
The Silent Pool: British Piano Music by Women Composers (Heritage)
Discover rare, evocative voices in British piano music [JF]
Chisholm: Music for Piano Volume 5 (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) A fine production, essential for enthusiasts of British piano music [JF]
Falla: Piano Music – Vol 2 (Naxos)
Listen, stop the player, sip a glass of Rioja and move on to the next number! [JF]
Poulenc: Piano Works (Meridian)
Pianistic sophistication, sentiment, wit and wonder [JF]
Cowie: Rock Music (Métier)
A complex cycle of sonatas inspired by geological processes [JF]
Leif Segerstam (conductor): Segerstam in Aarhus (Danacord)
Brilliant final testimony to Leif Segerstam’s recording career [JF]
