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Jonathan Woolf

Energico (DUX)

Accordion meets chamber orchestra in colourful, zestful performances [JW]

Flury: Chamber Music Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)

Flury’s romanticism on rather low wattage in his string quartets [JW]

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Berg: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 (cpo)

Two wildly contrasting symphonies from the Swedish military veterinarian [JW]

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Joseph Szigeti (violin) Recital at USC 1957 (Biddulph)

Late Szigeti: time to flog a dead horse [JW]

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A Piano Christmas in the 1920s (Lyrichord)

(Déjà Review) An enjoyable and unabashed collection [JW]

Ullmann: Little Cakewalk – Lieder (Gramola)

Over an hour of distressing singing sabotages this song selection [JW]

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Gibbs: String quartets (Convivium)

Dappled watercolours from a minor British chamber composer [JW]

Thomas Jensen Legacy v19 Danacord DACOCD929

Thomas Jensen (conductor) Legacy Vol 19 (Danacord)

Broadcasts of Nielsen concertos from unfamiliar soloists head a variety-packed twofer [JW]

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Kaun: Symphony 3 (cpo)

A German (temporary) expatriate’s little-known orchestral music [JW]

Novák: Concertos (Supraphon)

Jan Novák’s daughters record his scores with vitality and filial authority [JW]

Rodwell: Jack Sheppard (Retrospect Opera)

A problematic genre gives a reviewer problems [JW]

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1929: The Wild Sounds of the 20s (BR Klassik)

The luscious hot dance music of Eduard Künneke meets Eisler’s boring agit-prop [JW]

Frederick Stock Chicago v3 Pristine Audio PASC699

Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony, Vol 3 (Pristine Audio)

Further evidence that Stock was an exceptionally able conductor [JW]

Arne Skjold Rasmussen pianist Danacord DACOCD 966-7

The Forgotten Danish Pianist Arne Skjold Rasmussen (Danacord)

Forgotten but Restored: the art of a fluent, fleet but nervous Danish pianist and Nielsen specialist [JW]

Mischa Elman (violin) plays Mozart and Paganini (Biddulph)

RCA LPs restored, showing Elman schmoozing his way through Mozart and encore trinkets [JW]

Stanley: Complete Flute Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)

Lively and sympathetic playing of Stanley’s flute sonatas [JW]

Beyond Twilight – Music for cello and piano by female composers (Delphian)

Vignettes, salon charmers and genre pieces from women composers [JW]

Etoiles Poems BZ2007

Aux étoiles – French Symphonic Poems (Bru Zane)

A compact survey of favourites and unknowns beautifully presented and adroitly performed [JW]

Dvorak Symph 9 Erich Kleiber Archipel ARPCD0329

Dvořák: Symphony No 9 & Cello Concerto (Archipel)

(Déjà Review) Sample the slow movement of the New World and hear a magician at work [JW]

Onslow: Symphonies 1 & 3 (cpo)

(Déjà Review) Onslow’s is a voice that should be heard and not simply in relation to other bigger names [JW]

Muller Hartmann CHAN20294

Müller-Hartmann: Chamber Works (Chandos)

A German traditionalist heard in music written before his enforced emigration to England [JW]

Bacewicz Works for Violin and Piano Chandos CHAN10250

Bacewicz: Works for Violin and Piano (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A splendid opportunity to get to grips with a large body of Bacewicz’s chamber music [JW]

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Karl Eliasberg (conductor): Schumann & Berlioz (Maestro Editions)

This transfer from a chuff-spattered LP is a non-starter [JW]

Kathleen Parlow (violin): Complete Recordings (Biddulph)

A long overdue salute to an overlooked Auer student and a Canadian violinist of technical polish [JW]