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William Kreindler
Pitfield: String Chamber Music (Divine Art)
Warm and understanding performances [WK]
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, La voix humaine (VOCES8 Records)
A worthy enterprise [WK]
Kuula: Complete Solo Songs, Vol 1 (Toccata Classics)
One already looks forward to the second volume [WK]
Loeffler: Octet; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Delos)
Obligatory for anyone interested in American music at the turn of the twentieth century [WK]
Brahms: The Piano Trios (La Dolce Volta)
Excellently conceived and performed piano trios [WK]
Left Hand Legacy Vol 2: Chamber music written for Paul Wittgenstein (Cobra Records)
Fine playing of distinctive music [WK]
Lambert: Music for Brass and Organ (Toccata Classics)
Fine performances of fine music [WK]
Schmidt: The Piano Album (Capriccio)
Sure to make new friends for Schmidt’s music [WK]
Alkan: Douze Études dans les Tons Mineurs (ABC Classics)
Stephanie McCallum’s combination of pianism, enthusiasm and completeness cannot be topped [WK]
Lekeu: Complete Piano Works (Piano Classics)
Jacopo Salvatori has truly dedicated himself to this music [WK]
Suder: Dona Nobis Pacem, Symphonic Music II (Hänssler Classic)
Committed performances of two mid-twentieth-century German works [WK]
Fraser-Simson: Songs of AA Milne (Prima Facie)
No one will go away unhappy after hearing this music [WK]
Tailleferre: The Flower of France (Music and Arts)
The pianist misses no nuance of Tailleferre’s style [WK]
Fraser-Simson: Complete Settings of Songs by A.A. Milne (EM Records)
A complete delight [WK]
English Orchestral Anthems (Delphian)
I will be returning to this disc often [WK]
French Music for Two Pianos (Nimbus)
Martin Jones and Adrian Farmer are masters of the French duo/duet repertory [WK]
Chicago Clarinet Classics (Cedille)
This disc does Chicago performers and composers proud [WK]
Bairstow: The Complete Organ Works (Priory)
Splendid organ works by a composer better-known for his choral music [WK]
Still: Summerland (Naxos)
Idiomatic performances from a mother and daughter combination [WK]
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