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Jonathan Woolf

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]

Smyth cello SRCD412

20th C British Cello Sonatas (Lyrita)

Handy and Hughes stride forth in their latest volume of British cello sonatas
[JW]

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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 Unknown Vol-2 Toccata TOCC0647

Enescu: The Unknown Enescu Vol. 2 (Toccata)

Restored Enescu reveals his versatility and variety in fine performances [JW]

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Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)

Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]

Lefebure inedits SOCD398

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]

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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 TeDeum SU43152

Tuma: Te Deum (Supraphon)

A little-remembered Bohemian on the cusp of Classicism [JW]

Hjellemo orchestral works sterling CDS1128

Hjellemo: Orchestral works (Sterling)

Norwegian discoveries from Belgrade [JW]

Casals Philips Legacy Eloquence ELQ4842348

Pablo Casals: Philips Legacy (Eloquence)

Late Casals in imperfect recordings, attractively remastered and presented [JW]

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Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures (Sony)

A generous-minded performance somewhat let down by idiosyncratic recording quality [JW]

lourie chamber TOCC0652

Lourié: Chamber and Instrumental Music Vol. 1 (Toccata)

A transplanted Russian composer who valued intimate conjunctions and statuesque ritual [JW]

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Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy Vol. 2 (Eloquence)

Boult’s Deccas handsomely boxed; two Messiahs, Acis and miscellaneous recitals [JW]

Toscha Seidel (violin): Rare and Newly Re-mastered! (Parnassus)

The molten tonalist Toscha Seidel triumphs in a selection of his 78s [JW]

Aaron Rosand (violin) The First Recordings (Biddulph)

Rosand’s first Vox recordings are restored for a new generation [JW]

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Sir Adrian Boult: Decca Legacy Vol. 1 (Eloquence)

The mono VW cycle offers the spine of Eloquence’s handsome Boult box [JW]

Illustrazioni 20th Century Italian Piano Stradivarius STR37214

Illustrazioni (Stradivarius)

A fine recording explores the renewal and variety of Italian twentieth-century piano repertoire [JW]

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Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm (RCA)

A welcome back to this astutely selected slice of Gershwin on Broadway [JW]

Ferras memoire RH023

Christian Ferras (violin) (Rhine Classics)

A 5-CD, finely upholstered salute to a great musician [JW]