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Rob Barnett
Szabó: Complete solo piano works (Brilliant Classics)
A scarcely known composer is permitted an eloquent and at times disconcerting calling-card [RB]
Palimpsest: New Works from Old for Saxophone and Choir (Signum Classics)
Provocative and substantial listening fare. No dearth of grace or awe [RB]
T Kirchner: Piano Music (Blue Griffin)
A valiant investment in Kirchner’s civilised music … very much of the Germanic romantic 19th century [RB]
A Romberg: Das Lied von der Glocke (Hänssler Classic)
A most joyously agreeable introduction to Romberg and his inspirations [RB]
Ugoletti: Three Concertos (Brilliant Classics)
Vividly emotional, verging on the cinematic … always moving and often telling [RB]
Górecki M P: Orchestral Music (CD Accord)
Polish orchestral music that steps forward purposefully and beguilingly [RB]
Bentzon: Symphonies 5 & 7 (Dacapo)
(Déjà Review) These symphonies are examples of Bentzon’s metamorphic style in which the voices of Bartok, Simpson and Shostakovich nudge and jostle [RB]
Braga Santos: Symphony 2 (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) A natural next step for anyone who loves Vaughan Williams, Rózsa or Moeran [RB]
Vaughan Williams: Music for Christmas (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully sensitive performances atmospherically recorded [RB]
Britten & Veale: Violin Concertos (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A gorgeous disc that will have you reassessing the Britten and embracing the Veale concerto [RB]
Danish Piano Concertos Vol 3 (Danacord)
(Déjà Review) Three memorable Danish romantic piano concertos [RB]
Goossens: Chamber music for flute (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A consummately successful collection [RB]
Jussi Björling (tenor) Til Havs (Swedish Society Discofil)
(Déjà Review) A treasure snatched from last minute oblivion and a memorable memento of a great voice and personality [RB]
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) A thorough restoration performed with ‘great-hearted’ elan and thumpingly well recorded [RB]
Doráti: Orchestral Works (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Two harmonically astringent potently imaginative works coupled with a bright and light-on-the-toes serenade [RB]
Leningrad String Quartets (Northern Flowers)
Four largely unknown Leningrad quartets in committed performances [RB]
Banschikov: Sonatas for Piano, Flute & Bayan (Northern Flowers)
Fierce, angular melancholia, deliberate clarity and a turned-inwards icy-acid virtuosity [RB]
Grechaninov: Symphony No.3 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) The strongest of the Grechaninov CDs from Chandos – the cantata is a work of the greatest virtue [RB]
Hovhaness: Mountain Fantasies (MSR Classics)
Rites of mountainous meditation here played and recorded with eloquent muscularity [RB]
Villa-Lobos: Chôros 1-7 (ASV)
(Déjà Review) Close your eyes and conjure your own veranda [RB]
N Berg: Song of Songs & Symphony No 4 (Phono Suecia)
(Déjà Review) A warming chance to sample the music of Berg the Swedish romantic [RB]
Tučapský: Concertos (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) The sort of disc which makes reviewing ‘peripheral’ repertoire a joy [RB]
van der Pals: String Quartets Vol 1 (cpo)
A late-romantic cat’s-cradle of tenderness caught in a viscous tonal velour [RB]
Bortkiewicz: Symphonies (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Exultant, yearning, gloomy, sincere, passionate, nostalgic Slavonic music [RB]
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