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Jonathan Woolf
Martinů: String Quartets (Supraphon)
A bristling, incisive look at four Martinů string quartets [JW]
Robert Bennett & Duke: Violin Concerti (Chandos)
Not just Samuel Barber – the American Violin Concerto, School of 1941-1943, revived with élan [JW]
Bloch: Schelomo; Strauss: Don Quixote (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) A deserved classic [JW]
Leopold Stokowski (conductor): Great Recordings, Vol 2 (ICA Classics)
A second tranche of Stokowski from ICA contains the known and issued and some novelties [JW]
Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals & Metamorphic Variations (Chandos)
Mid and late period Bliss contrasts an underappreciated ballet with a curious orchestral work [JW]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]
Bériot: Violin Concertos 2, 3 & 5 (Naxos)
Fireworks and songful concertos [JW]
Clarke: Music for violin, viola and piano (Brilliant Classics)
Compact, youthful interpretations of Rebecca Clarke’s works for strings with piano [JW]
Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Music (Somm)
A potpourri of largely unrecorded Coleridge-Taylor [JW]
Unaccompanied: Paganini, Bartók, Skalkottas, Ysaÿe (Divine Art)
(Déjà Review) An encounter with excellence [JW]
Victor Schiøler (piano): The Great Danish Pianist Volume 7 (Danacord)
Rare and previously unpublished material enliven another Schiøler release from Danacord [JW]
Kanitz: Chamber Works (Chandos)
A Viennese composer in America – the ARC Ensemble restores another overlooked figure [JW]
Heinrich Koll (viola): The Art of the Viola (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Fluent and elegant, and very pleasing [JW]
Moeran: Symphony & Violin Concerto (Somm Ariadne)
Two historically important broadcasts of major works by E.J. Moeran [JW]
Alfred Cortot plays Chopin (APR)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)12 Études Op.1012 Études Op.25Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor Op.5824 Préludes Op.2814 WaltzesAlfred Cortot…
Turina: Piano Music Volume 5 (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Alluring sun bathed piano writing and playing [JW]
Bosmans: Concertos (Resonus)
The lyrically elusive art of Henriëtte Bosmans [JW}
Postcards from Ukraine Volume 2: Chamber Music (Toccata)
Stirring and lyrical Sonatas and a Trio from Ukraine’s formative years [JW]
Elgar & Adès: Violin Concerti (Ondine)
A thrusting, brilliant Elgar Concerto, informed by early recordings, and a great Adès [JW]
Brahms, Britten, Elgar & Sibelius: Violin Concertos (ICA Classics)
A concerto quartet from Ida Haendel’s BBC broadcasts spanning nearly 25 years [JW]
Beauty Veil’d: Works by Howell & contemporaries (EM Records)
An excellently compiled and performed selection of previously unrecorded British chamber works [JW]
Daisy Kennedy (violin): The Complete Recordings (Biddulph)
The characterful Australian Daisy Kennedy’s entire discography is restored [JW]
Hermann, Frid & Székely: String Trios (Cobra)
Three young Hungarian musketeers excel in youthful works [JW]
Swedish Chamber Music & Songs (BIS)
The Leipzig School in Sweden represented by a disparate trio of composers [JW]
