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Jonathan Woolf
Honegger: Symphony 2 (Forgotten Records)
A great Janáček champion conducts Honegger and Martinů in an obscure Polish recording [JW]
Bacewicz: Symphonies (cpo)
Rigour and rhythmic drive somewhat leavened by folkloric elements [JW]
Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets (Forgotten Records)
The Loewenguth Quartet’s stereo Debussy-Ravel coupling reissued in fine transfers [JW]
Malipiero: String Quartets (Dynamic)
A welcome reissue of Malipiero’s compact cycle [JW]
Macfarrren: The Soldier’s Legacy (Retrospect Opera)
Macfarren’s 1864 ballad-chamber-pastoral-Opera da Camera for four singers [JW]
Holmboe: Quartets Vol 2 (Dacapo)
The Nightingale Quartet continues its admirable Holmboe cycle [JW]
Nowowiejski: Concertos (Dux)
Nowowiejski’s concertos, heard in premiere recordings, leave a puzzling impression [JW]
L Glass: Symphony 4 (CPO)
A commanding recording of Louis Glass’s (occasionally) problematic Fourth Symphony [JW]
Launy Grøndahl (conductor) Legacy Vol. 7 (Danacord)
The Grøndahl legacy series reaches volume 7 with a question mark or two [JW]
The Silver Swan (Convivium)
A clever conjoining of British song-writing contemporaries [JW]
Nelson Freire (piano): The Unreleased Recordings (Decca)
Previously unreleased Nelson Freire recordings enrich the catalogue [JW]
Martinů: Larmes de couteau (Capriccio)
Martinů’s one-act operas heard in persuasive, lively performances [JW]
Boult (conductor) Decca Legacy Vol. 3 (Eloquence)
Boult the accompanist and symphonic conductor straddling the mono/stereo divide [JW]
20th C British Cello Sonatas (Lyrita)
Handy and Hughes stride forth in their latest volume of British cello sonatas
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Fritz Kreisler: Bell Telephone Vol. 3 (Biddulph)
Kreisler’s 1945-50 radio broadcasts continue with a consistently good selection [JW]
Enescu: The Unknown Enescu Vol. 2 (Toccata)
Restored Enescu reveals his versatility and variety in fine performances [JW]
Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)
Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]
Yvonne Lefébure (piano) Inédits 5 (Solstice)
The final Solstice salute to a great piano stylist [JW]
Handel: Theodora (Erato)
An extrovert reading of Theodora but one short of consolation [JW]
Martinů: Cello Sonatas (Pentatone)
A warmly sympathetic duo rates highly in Martinů Cello Sonatas [JW]
Jacob Lateiner (piano) Lost Art Of (Parnassus)
More live Lateiner; a pianist of probity, directness and high gifts [JW]
Thomas Jensen (conductor) Legacy Vol 14 (Danacord)
New and adventurous repertoire from Thomas Jensen’s broadcasts [JW]
Gina Bachauer: Mercury Masters (Eloquence)
Gina Bachauer’s powerful Mercury legacy, collated in its entirety for the first time in a single box [JW]
Tuma: Te Deum (Supraphon)
A little-remembered Bohemian on the cusp of Classicism [JW]
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