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Jonathan Woolf
Coates: Orchestral Works Vol 3 (Chandos)
John Wilson, spruce and lively once again in Eric Coates [JW]
Brahms: Chamber Works (Pristine Audio)
The pre-war Budapest Quartet triumphs in Brahms [JW]
Louis Kaufman (violin) French works for violin (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Lyrical, tragic, introspective, exultant [JW]
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy and Sonatas (APR)
(Déjà Review) Performances which reflect Smith’s formidable credentials as a Schubertian of distinction [JW]
Glanville-Hicks: The Songs (Tall Poppies)
(Déjà Review) This rewarding disc furthers my admiration for her music [JW]
Three Great Danish Woman Pianists (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) A most worthwhile conspectus of these three very varied women [JW]
Busoni: Works for Piano & Orchestra (Music & Arts)
(Déjà Review) Grante is impressive, enthusiastic, comprehensive, technically eloquent and idiomatic [JW]
Mozart: Overtures (RCA)
(Déjà Review) Davis cleaves to traditional values with his superlative orchestra, splendidly recorded [JW]
Romantic Clarinet Quintets (Musical Concepts)
A warmly textured and rubato-conscious performance from an experienced clarinettist and chamber colleagues [JW]
Mendelssohn: String Quartets (Cedille)
(Déjà Review) A suitably warm and wonderfully detailed recording matches insight, imagination and colouristic sensibility [JW]
Mompou: Complete Piano Works (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) A chance to admire Mompou the composer-pianist in his maturity and playing that gets to the heart of the matter [JW]
Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony Vol. 2 (Pristine Audio)
Frederick Stock and his Chicago forces excel in major repertory [JW]
From Jewish Life (SWR Classics)
A valuable boxed reissue from SWR’s vaults brings melancholy, vivacity and many disc premieres [JW]
von Klenau: Orchestral works (Dacapo)
A strange triptych of previously unrecorded works by Paul von Klenau [JW]
Müller-Hermann: Chamber Music (Hänssler Classic)
A chamber music pairing that reflects contrasting influences on a still little-known Austrian composer [JW]
Albéniz: Iberia (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Sweep and clarity as well as Hamelin’s special brand of architectural understanding [JW]
New Light on French Romantic Women Composers (Bru Zane)
A sumptuous box celebrates neglected women composers of the French Romantic era [JW]
Eudice Shapiro (violin): Sonatas and duos (Biddulph)
The admirable art of violinist Eudice Shapiro, heard in core repertory [JW]
Boughton: Of Delights and Passions (EM Records)
Expressive directness and frolicsome invention in a series of Boughton disc premieres [JW]
Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya (guitars) Vol. 2 (Doremi)
A second souvenir of the art of this guitar duo, with special emphasis on the youthful brilliance of Ida Presti [JW]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Insightful, stylish Kathleen Long – a pianist too often taken for granted [JW]
Eroica (EM Records)
Rare British solo violin music [JW]
A New Light (EM Records)
A very measured Elgar Sonata and a world premiere of the Gurney Sonata [JW]
Carl Seemann (piano) The Orfeo Recordings (Orfeo)
A 40th anniversary salute to a rather overlooked German pianist [JW]
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