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Jonathan Woolf
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]
Weldon: The Judgment of Paris (AAM)
A vivacious and engaging competition-winning masque performed with real style [JW]
Smethergell: Overtures (cpo)
More reclamations of the music of little-known William Smethergell – pleasing, charming music though rather niche [JW]
Haydn: Favourite Symphonies (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) Partnership of conductor and orchestra at something like its best [JW]
Itzhak Perlman: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
Perlman’s 70th Birthday Box reissued in miniaturised form but with the addition of an extra disc, in time to celebrate his 80th birthday [JW]
Reminiscences (Blue Griffin)
Reflections on wartime experience fuse with Weimar-era drive – and a contemporary setting [JW]
Noskowski: Symphony No. 3 (Capriccio)
Noskowski’s finest symphony is played with flair and Step gets a rare outing [JW]
Martinů: Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Supraphon)
Another excellent entrant in the Martinů Cello Sonata lists but this time offering ‘The Complete Works’ [JW]
Kaufmann: Orchestral works (MDG)
Further Indo-European explorations of a pre-war Czech émigrée [JW]
