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John France
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]
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]
