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Jonathan Woolf
Dohnányi plays Dohnányi: The Complete HMV solo piano recordings (APR)
(Déjà Review) Pellucid beauty, an exceptional sense of excavated drama, tremendous atmospheric compression, rhythmic nuance and panache [JW]
An English Pastoral (SOMM Recordings)
From early Gurney to Ian Venables, the Pastoral is renewed through warmly flowing compositions [JW]
Jelly d’Arányi (violin): Columbia recordings (Biddulph)
The cultured elegance of violinist Jelly d’Arányi in recordings from the 1920s and 30s [JW]
Nathan Milstein (violin): Works by Brahms and Beethoven (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Aristocratic playing and transfers that sound extremely well [JW]
Arthur Catterall (violin) Mozart, Brahms and Franck (Biddulph)
Concertmaster-soloist Arthur Catterall in historically valuable late acoustic recordings [JW]
Langgaard: The Early Recordings (Danacord)
Danish Radio’s role in the Langgaard rediscovery is made explicit in this significant release [JW]
Sauer & Ansorge: Piano Concertos (Capriccio)
Two German contemporaries and their very different approaches to the piano concerto [JW]
Antheil: Venus in Africa (cpo)
A late satiric opera by Antheil, splendidly realised, devoid of Bad Boy but not devoid of spice and wit [JW]
Coral: Aurora Borealis (Tempus Clasico)
Sonic and structural explorations from a leading Mexican composer [JW]
Scott: Orchestral Music Vol. 4 (Toccata Classics)
Kick off your shoes and take to the dancefloor with Scott’s tapestry of orchestrated dances [JW]
Blodek: V studni (Supraphon)
A comic Czech opera recorded in 1959 heard for the first time in stereo [JW]
In the Cabinet of Wonders (False Azure Records)
A Hamburg organ-and-violin duo of the Baroque comes alive [JW]
The Graceful Ghost – Contemporary Piano Rags (Rivermont)
The Contemporary Piano Rag in the vitalising hands of a master practitioner [JW]
Decruck: Concertante Works, Vol 2 (Claves)
Modest in proportion but full of beguiling colour [JW]
Korngold: Symphony in F sharp (Supertrain Records)
Korngold plays his Symphony in a previously unreleased piano version [JW]
Quartets Through a Time of Change (First Hand Records)
An imaginative selection of French string quartets [JW]
Elgar: Boult’s Elgar – The forgotten recordings (SOMM Ariadne)
A Boult miscellany spearheaded by the first CD appearance of the Second Symphony with the Scottish National Orchestra [JW]
Sinding: Symphonies (Capriccio)
A fitful, erratic Norwegian symphonic cycle that rises to heights [JW]
Slavík: Violin Concertos (Private release)
Paganinian virtuoso Josef Slavik finds a home in Italy in sometimes vulnerable filming but always virile and stylish performances [JW]
Landmarks from Dawn of Electrical Recording (Pristine Audio)
A centenary salute to the early months of the revolutionary electrical recording process [jw]
Elgar: Violin Concerto (Channel Classics)
Elgarian musing taken to interminable lengths, and unnecessary Delian reclothing [JW]
Albert Sammons (violin) & William Murdoch (piano): Complete Sonata Recordings (Biddulph)
Pioneering sonata recordings from one of the world’s most distinguished duos [JW]
Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden & Other Works (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Heartily recommended to Ketèlbey’s once more growing band of admirers [JW]
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Wood’s reputation belied by his recordings: mobility and directness in Bach [JW]
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