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Jonathan Woolf

Rodwell: Jack Sheppard (Retrospect Opera)

A problematic genre gives a reviewer problems [JW]

Wildsounds 1929 BR900350

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]

Rarities scloss2002 DACOCD609

Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum 2002 (Danacord)

A number of works catch the ear [JW]

Bach viola DHR780102

Bach: Cello Suites (Doremi)

Pioneering recordings by a superb violist at the height of her powers [JW]

Dvořák: Complete solo piano music (Naxos)

(Déjà Review) Fine performances of seldom heard repertoire [JW]

Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (ICA Classics)

A previously unissued live Sinfonia antartica heads this 40th anniversary Boult release [JW]

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Parry: Piano Music Vol. 1 (Da Vinci Classics)

A splendid start to a Parry pianistic odyssey [JW]

Karajan Lucerne Early Years Audite 21464

Karajan – The Early Lucerne Years (Audite)

Karajan in Lucerne in largely unreleased performances [JW]

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Sardone: Reimagining Aria (Digressione)

Instrumental finesse in Baroque arias reimagined as composed jazz vehicles [JW]

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) The Complete Acoustic and Selected Electric Recordings (APR)

Backhaus’s earliest recordings reappear, in largely pre-existing restorations, to renewed triumph [JW]

Smyth: Der Wald (Resonus)

The first recording of Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald is severely underwhelming [JW]

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Jazz Violin Concertos (Gramola)

A jazzy trio of violin concertos performed by the dashing Benjamin Schmid [JW]