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Jonathan Woolf
Cécile Chaminade and her contemporaries play Chaminade (APR)
Cécile Chaminade’s 1901 recordings revisited, and a raft of shellac performances of her works by other pianists [JW]
Frankly Speaking with Leopold Stokowski (Somm Recordings)
A reissued BBC broadcast, two rehearsal segments in improved sound and a never-before-released BBC interview [JW]
Roussel: Symphonies Nos 2-4 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) The Cluytens-Prêtre team is formidable and allied to the lesser known, but still ardent, Dervaux you have as incisive a trio of conductors as you could wish at this price range [JW]
British Cello Works Vol 3 (Lyrita)
Further discoveries in the British cello lineage [JW]
Christine Walevska (cello) The Beauty and the Bow (Rhine Classics)
The admirable cellist Christine Walevska traced over 50 years of performances and recordings [JW]
Ysaÿe: Poème nocturne (Musique en Wallonie)
More varied fare from Eugène Ysaÿe’s seemingly inexhaustible workbench [JW]
Václav Neumann (conductor): Lucerne Festival (Audite)
Convincing examples of Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic heard during Lucerne Festivals of the 1980s [JW]
Albert Sammons plays Elgar (Biddulph)
Sammons’ classic Elgar recordings offer virtuosity and tonal beauty as well as thrust [JW]
Michael Rabin (violin) Unpublished (Parnassus)
An unpublished live Beethoven Concerto spearheads this Michael Rabin release [JW]
Earliest French Piano Recordings (APR)
A splendidly remastered and historically important tranche of piano recordings [JW]
Jascha Heifetz (violin) ‘Live’ Recordings (Biddulph)
Heifetz caught live in broadcasts playing some discographic novelties into the bargain [JW]
Dett: Piano Works
Well prepared and affectionate, rhythmically sprung performances of Dett’s piano music [JW]
So Fragile, So Blue (National Symphony Orchestra)
From Canadian waterways to a sub-orbital space flight, nature’s fragility is explored by the irrepressible William Shatner [JW]
David Oistrakh (violin): The Warner Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)
A massive celebratory David Oistrakh box features strikingly good remasterings of his HMV legacy and a vast array of live and broadcast material [JW]
Mischa Elman (violin): Complete HMV Recordings (Biddulph)
Elman in glowing pre-war Concerto recordings in London [JW]
Busch: Chamber Music (Lyrita)
Lyrical and traditional but invigorating chamber works [JW]
Fauré: The Complete Works (Erato)
Erato marks the centenary of Fauré’s death with a big box that mines his discography in all its richness [JW]
Holmboe: Symphonies Nos 11-13 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Drama and skill, production values of the highest … a major voice in the symphonic canon of the twentieth century [JW]
György Cziffra (piano) Live in Concert (Solstice)
Nothing new to his discography but Cziffra is heard in previously unreleased, energising performances [JW]
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]
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