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Jonathan Woolf
Lutosławski: Symphony No 3 & 4 (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) If you missed the earlier opportunities to acquaint yourself with these towering statements you should do so now, without delay [JW]
Kapustin: Orchestral works (Capriccio)
Notated Jazz from the master of the art, Nikolai Kapustin, performed by his leading exponent [JW]
Songs from the North of Ireland (Delphian)
Wholesome songs from two Ulsterwomen of lyric, and folkloric, gifts [JW]
Bowen & Walton: Viola Concertos (SWR Music)
A near-hit and a miss; a good Bowen Concerto and an ordinary Walton [JW]
Doráti: Piano Concerto; Seiber: Suites (Hänssler Classic)
An all-Hungarian disc of real pleasures – Doráti’s approachable Concerto and Seiber’s orchestral music in splendid performances [JW]
Martinů: The Six Symphonies (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A well documented, brilliantly recorded, excellently played and broadly sympathetic set of readings [JW]
Encircling: Works for Viola (Acis)
A viola-fanciers’ delight with a well-balanced recital offering two sonatas and two smaller, but compelling, pieces [JW]
Kolisch Quartet: Mozart, Schubert & Schumann (Biddulph)
Fine transfers of the Kolisch Quartet’s 1930s discography [JW]
Howells & Wood: String Quartets (SOMM Recordings)
Splendid performances of an early version of a Howells quartet and a jaunty, attractive work by Charles Wood [JW]
Holmboe: Symphonies Nos 4 and 5 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Densely coiled and symphonically argued with the highest of skill … charts a grim and determined course [JW]
Edwin Fischer (piano) The 1949 and 1951 Salzburg Concerts (Maestro Editions)
The humane art of Edwin Fischer, heard live at the Salzburg Festival [JW]
Delvincourt: String Quartet, Piano Quintet (Ciar Classics)
Delvincourt’s bracing chamber music, from a quixotic early work to his last [JW]
Invisibles – French Cello Sonatas (Alpha Classics)
A finely played trio of characterful French cello sonatas [JW]
Grieg & Sibelius: String quartets (Pristine Audio)
More pre-war classics from the Budapest Quartet [JW]
Dvořák: Legends & Slavonic Rhapsodies (Pentatone)
Nepotil works better on longer-term planning than in short-form [JW]
Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony Vol. 4 (Pristine Audio)
An absorbing study of an unjustly neglected body of recordings continues [JW]
Silenced – Unsung Voices of the 20th Century (Cedille)
A splendid selection of songs by composers cut short before their time [JW]
Kreisler: String Quartet; Korngold: String Quartet No.3 (Alto)
Admirable reissues still hold their own [JW]
Block: Chamber Works (Chandos)
Another laudable composer emerges in the ‘Music in Exile’ series [JW]
Evening Songs (Pentatone)
Varied and contrasting Czech song cycles that resist the lure of the crepuscular [JW]
Pergament: Vol. 1 – A Musical Miscellany (Toccata Classics)
Authoritative premiere recordings of a semi-forgotten Jewish-Lithuanian-Swedish composer [JW]
Holmboe: Symphonies Nos 1, 3 and 10 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Superbly cogent works performed with stunning intelligence, tonal blend, sectional discipline and conductorly flair [JW]
Carpenter: Complete Ballets (BMOP Sound)
Extolling the American spirit: Carpenter’s 1920s ballets brought to life [JW]
Warlock: A Peter Warlock Merry-Go-Down (Convivium Records)
A Warlock obscurity rescued from LP oblivion in handsome style [JW]
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