February 2025
Schubert Song Cycles by Bär and Parsons
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise** Olaf Bär, baritone; Geoffrey Parsons, piano EMI Classics (recorded 1986, 1988) There…
Walther and Bach Chorale Preludes by Donahue
**Thomas Donahue: Chorale Preludes on the Brunzema Organ. / Thomas Donahue, organ. / [Label Catalog Number]. Recorded…
Dupré Organ Works – Lecaudey
Dupré: Three Preludes and Fugues, op. 7; Fifteen Versets for Vespers of Common Feasts of the Blessed…
Delius Orchestral Works Transcribed for Organ by Stairs
Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden; La Calinda; Irmelin Prelude; Hassan Serenade; Two Aquarelles; Sleigh Ride. Murray:…
Dvorak Violin Miniatures by Qian Zhou and Battersby
Dvořák: Ballade in D Minor; Capriccio; Humoresque, op. 101, no. 7; Slavonic Dances (arr. Kreisler); Silent Woods;…
Brasiliana: Three Centuries of Brazilian Piano Music
**Brasiliana: Three Centuries of Brazilian Music. / Arnaldo Cohen, piano. / BIS CD-1121. Recorded at the former…
English Court Music – Agnew and Concordia
**Music at the Court of Charles I** Paul Agnew, tenor; Christopher Wilson, lute and theorbo; Concordia; Mark…
Moiseiwitsch at 71 – Late Recordings from Texas
Moiseiwitsch in Extremis Pearl GEMM CDS 9192 (2 CDs, 154:58) Here’s the thing about late Moiseiwitsch—and this…
Dvořák Three Concertos – Firkušný Ricci Nelsova Susskind
Dvořák: Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto Rudolf Firkušný, piano; Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Zara Nelsova, cello; Saint…
Bach Goldberg Variations – Markus Becker Piano
**Bach: *Goldberg Variations*** Markus Becker, piano. CPO 555 555–2. Recorded [dates], [venue]. CD [timing]. Markus Becker’s Goldberg…
Bach Organ Works – Schübler Chorales and Preludes
The Brilliant label has been flooding the market with Bach organ recordings—some revelatory, others merely adequate, a…
French Song Recital by Jules Bastin
A Gallic Feast, Inadequately Served Mélodies Français Jules Bastin, bass; Paule van den Driessche, piano Hyperion (originally…
Dowland Songs by Agnew and Wilson
Dowland: First and Second Bookes of Songs. Paul Agnew, tenor; Christopher Wilson, lute. Metronome [catalog number not…
Caruso and Ruffo: Historic Duets and Arias from 1913 to 1914
p>Caruso: “Lasciati amar”; “Les rameaux”; “Cuius animam”; “Addio alla madre”; and others. Enrico Caruso, tenor; Titta Ruffo,…
Beethoven Missa Solemnis – Zinman Tonhalle Orchestra
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Luba Orgonášová, soprano; Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano; Rainer Trost, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Swiss Chamber…
Delius Piano Music – Abramovic
Delius: Piano Music Charles Abramovic, piano; Davyd Booth, violin Direct-to-Tape DTR2001. Recorded January 2000, Longwood Gardens Music…
Husum Festival: Rare Piano Music and Transcriptions
**Banquet of Rarities: The Husum Festival’s Inaugural Recording** There are festivals, and then there are festivals. Most…
Brahms Lieder – Theo Adam Recital
Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge; “Sonntag”; “Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht”; “Nicht mehr zu dir zu…
Bach Harpsichord Works – Richard Egarr
Bach: Harpsichord Works Richard Egarr, harpsichord EMI CDZ 569700 2. Recorded 1995, Church of Maria Minor, Utrecht….
Arnold English Dances and Miniatures – Groves
**Arnold: English Dances, Sinfoniettas, and Other Works** Bournemouth SO, Charles Groves, conductor; Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Ronald Thomas, conductor;…