Scarlatti D
Vivaldi, D Scarlatti, Caldara: Cantatas (Capriccio)
A release well worth revisiting a decade later [SG]
Scarlatti D: Complete keyboard sonatas (Erato)
(Déjà Review) This set is a pinnacle in the history of recorded music [PCW]
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Complete Acoustic & Selected Electric Recordings (APR)
A wonderful completion of APR’s series exploring Backhaus’ exciting early recording career [RCh]
Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya (guitars) Vol. 2 (Doremi)
A valuable contribution to the recorded history of the classical guitar [ZT]
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]
An Invitation at the Schumanns’ (Harmonia Mundi)
A delightful easy-listening programme with a couple of more substantial morsels [GF]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
A well deserved release for this supremely gifted but neglected pianist [RCh]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Refined inscriptions, lovingly restored [SG]
D Scarlatti: Violin Sonatas (Obsidian)
Makes a very strong case for treating these sonatas as violin sonatas [GPu]
Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya (guitars) Vol. 2 (Doremi)
A second souvenir of the art of this guitar duo, with special emphasis on the youthful brilliance of Ida Presti [JW]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Insightful, stylish Kathleen Long – a pianist too often taken for granted [JW]
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