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Paul RW Jackson
Gruber: Orchestral Music (Capriccio)
Definitive performances of works by the Viennese iconoclast [PRJ]
Vine: Child’s Play (Hyperion)
A wonderful introduction to the chamber music of one of the contemporary greats [PRJ]
Phantasy: Piatti Quartet (Rubicon)
Some dynamic and poetic playing of gems for string quartet and guests [PRJ]
Brian: Symphony No 1 ‘Gothic’ (Heritage)
A tremendous performance of this legendary work [PRJ]
Greenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 6 (Salisbury Records)
An enormously rewarding piano sonata, slightly stymied by an unhelpful written component [PRJ]
Bortkiewicz, Ravel, Prokofiev: Piano Concerti (Pentatone)
A fine debut, three very different piano concertos for the left hand commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein [PRJ]
The 21st-Century Orchestra: Music from Brown University (New Focus Recordings)
An intriguing survey of 21st century American orchestral music [PRJ]
Watkins: Symphony No.2, Concerto for Orchestra (Hallé)
A superb disc of life-enhancing music born of the Covid pandemic [PRJ]
Robin Stevens: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Toccata Classics)
A beautifully presented selection of diverting works [PRJ]
Warnaar, Corea & Higdon: Brass Concertos (Naxos)
A wonderfully engaging disc of new concertos for brass instruments [PRJ]
Bland: Piano Sonatas Vol. 3 (Bridge)
A composer with an eclectic though thoroughly engaging style [PRJ]
Miró Quartet: Hearth (Pentatone)
Wonderfully imaginative arrangements of Christmas favourites; something to enliven even the jaded palette – or ear [PRJ]
Piano Concertos from the Netherlands (Brilliant Classics)
A fascinating collection of tremendous little-known Dutch works [PRJ]
Ravel: Piano Concertos (Naïve)
An unremarkable coupling of the Ravel concertos with some intriguing Wittgenstein fillers [PRJ]
Works for Solo Piano by British Women Composers (Artalinna)
Excellently crafted but unjustly neglected music, happily restored [PJ]
Kats-Chernin: Ancient Letters (ABC Classic)
A whirlwind of imaginative works by one of Australia’s most popular composers [PRJ]
Gregson: Concertos (Chandos)
A welcome 80th birthday tribute to one of Britain’s finest composers [PRJ]
Arnold: Homage to the Queen & Sweeney Todd (Dutton Epoch)
A very warm welcome to these complete digital recordings of Arnold’s finest ballet scores [PRJ]
Hans van Manen (choreographer): Just Dance the Steps (BelAir Classiques)
A truly remarkable film about a remarkable artist [PRJ]
Hovhaness: Violin Concerto No.2 & Strings, Works for Violin and Piano (Naxos)
An immaculately programmed, ear-opening disc of Hovhaness’s less well-known works [PRJ]
Farkas: Orchestral Music Vol. 6 (Toccata Classics)
A happy addition to Toccata Classics’ enterprising Farkas cycle [PRJ]
Glöden: Polish & Swedish orchestral works (Swedish Society)
An outstanding disc of joyous and inspiring string music for these troubled times [PRJ]
Janáček: Hyperklavier (IBS Classical)
Good recordings of rare Janáček, marketed rather curiously [PRJ]
Holst: The Planets (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra )
A welcome addition to the many recordings of Holst’s classic with a new atmospheric portrait of the Earth [PRJ]
