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Jonathan Woolf
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]
Lost American Violin Sonatas (Toccata Next)
A trio of premiere recordings by German-trained Americans [JW]
Nielsen: Piano Music (Danacord)
BBC broadcasts from 1960 of Nielsen’s piano music saved from oblivion [JW]
Thomas Jensen (conductor) Legacy Vol. 24 (Danacord)
The final release in this 24-volume series produces an unreleased Sibelius 6, Jensen the accompanist and a broad-ranging miscellany of Danish Works. [JW]
Kabeláč: Symphony 2 (Capriccio)
Wartime defiance from the indomitable Miloslav Kabeláč [JW]
The Lily of Killarney (MPR)
Operatic fantasias and a mixed salad of other British works in fine performances [JW]
Medtner (piano): Complete Solo Piano Recordings (APR)
APR’s single discs of Medtner from 1930-47 sessions return now packaged in an indispensable box [JW]
Claudio Arrau (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)
A finely produced and consistently enlightening set [JW]
CH Lloyd: Chamber Music for Clarinet (Toccata Classics)
Overlooked choral and organ composer is heard in chamber works with clarinet [JW]
The Romantic Piano Concerto 48: Benedict and Macfarren (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Plenty of verve and drama; neither academic nor over-balancing [JW]
Benda, Pichl & Vranický: Violin Concerti (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) The Vranický in particular is a real winner [JW]
London String Quartet plays Schubert and Bridge (Pristine Audio)
An excellent inaugural release in a new chamber series from Pristine Audio [JW]
Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Vol 2 (Toccata Classics)
Arnold Cooke’s string quartets realised by the Bridge Quartet in some style [JW]
Turina: Music for Violin and Piano (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Panache and passion – you won’t be disappointed [JW]
Talich Quartet: Gypsy Melodies (La Dolce Volta)
Songs from the Czech Lands, and points further East, seconded to the string quartet genre [JW]
Caetani & Fano: Violin Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)
Two rare Italian violin sonatas from the 1890s make for contrasting listening [JW]
Eduard Tubin: Chamber Music (MDG)
A successful Tubin mixed chamber selection, with two sonatas sharing disc space with some novelties. [JW]
