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Steve Arloff
Brown: 24 Preludes & Fugues (Lyrita)
Ample rewards for a serious piano music lover [SA]
Rieti: Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works • 2 (Grand Piano)
Rieti is one of those composers you wish you had discovered years ago [SA]
Winter Whispers: Ukrainian Piano Tales (Ars Produktion)
Simple music, but repeated listening brings rewards [SA]
Wranitzky: String Quartets (cpo)
A good introduction to the chamber music of a marginalised composer [SA]
A Pianist Explores Her Jewish Heritage (Centaur)
Fabulous music, hugely enjoyable [SA]
Bella Adamova (contralto) There is home (Supraphon)
A superb recital of art songs, all of which perfectly suit her crystal-clear voice [SA]
Byrd, Tallis: … in chains of gold… (Delphian)
(Déjà Review) Music to make the hair stand on end regardless of one’s religious convictions [SA]
Violin Concertos by Black Composers (Cedille)
The programme has lost none of its ground-breaking importance [SA]
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Commitment … involvement … a feeling of wonder [SA]
Rieti: Complete Piano Works Vol. 1 (Grand Piano)
I look forward to more of this outstanding composer [SA]
La Femme – A Journey of Female Composers (Naxos)
A brilliant disc to cherish and to share [SA]
Villa-Lobos: String Quartets (Marco Polo)
Performed with an obvious reverence and love [SA]
Tabakov: Symphonies Vol. 7 (Toccata)
A disc that lovers of contemporary music will find fascinating and hugely rewarding [SA]