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Mahler Symphony No. 9 by Bruno Walter
MAHLER Symphony No. 9 in D minor / Symphony No. 1 in D major Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)…
Wagner Tannhäuser – Janowski and Smith
WAGNER Tannhäuser Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, Marina Prudenskaya, Christian Gerhaher, Albert Dohmen, Peter…
Bridge Piano Quintet H49a – A Rediscovered Masterwork
Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Piano Quintet in D minor, H49a (1904-5: rev.1912) [29:25] Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970) Piano Quintet No.1…
Fauré Piano Quintets – Southon
FAURÉ Piano Quintet No. 1 and No. 2 (Quatuor Ebène, Éric Le Sage) Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Quatuor…
Chopin Complete Piano Works by Mursky
CHOPIN Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (Eugéne Mursky) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Eugéne Mursky, piano Profil…
Slavic Orchestral Transcriptions – Katsaris
Piano Rarities – Vol. 3: Transcriptions see end of review for track listing Cyprien Katsaris (piano) rec….
Britten: The Turn of the Screw – Kent and Hrůša
BRITTEN The Turn of the Screw, op. 54 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Miah Persson (soprano) Governess; Toby Spence…
Mozart Piano Concertos – Pires and Abbado
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 / Piano Concerto No. 20 in D…
Romantic Arias by Gerhaher and Harding
Christian Gerhaher: Romantic Arias Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding SONY CLASSICS…
Brahms Late Piano Pieces – Paul Lewis Finds Life
# Brahms’s Late Piano Pieces: Paul Lewis Finds the Pulse Beneath the Reverie Paul Lewis has been…
CPE Bach Sonatas and Rondos – Hamelin Hyperion Recording
Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonatas and Rondos Marc-André Hamelin (piano) rec. 2021, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, USA…
Bartók and Szymanowski Night Music
Composers: Béla Bartók; Karol Szymanowski Works: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75; Sonata No….
Martinů & Bartók – Modernism with Muscle
Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of those violinists who can make seriousness sound like a form of seduction, which helps when the program is Martinů plus Bartók.
American Symphonies: Loeffler to Barber by Treviño
Americascapes Charles Martin LOEFFLER (1861–1935) La Mort de Tintageles, Op. 6 (1897) [25:48] Carl RUGGLES (1876–1971) Evocations (orchestral version,…
Mendelssohn Violin Concertos – Tianwa Yang
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64; Violin Concerto in D Minor; Violin Sonata in F…
Beethoven Symphonies Complete by Michael Gielen
BEETHOVEN Complete Symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Renate Behle (soprano); Yvonne Naef (alto); Glenn Winslade (tenor); Hanno…
David Maves: Four American Piano Sonatas Rediscovered
David MAVES (born 1937) The Piano Sonatas David Maves (born 1937) Max Lifschitz, piano NORTH/SOUTH RECORDINGS R…
Debussy Pelleas et Melisande by Desormiere – Pristine Transfer
DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande (Roger Désormière) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Jacques Jansen, Irène Joachim, Henri Etcheverry, Germaine Cernay,…
Circus and Magic Piano Works by Reinis Zarins
Circus & Magic Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959) The Two “Burlington” Brothers [2:51] The Clown [2:39] The Homeliest Woman [2:10] Dialogue and Dance…
Weber Wind Concertos by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
WEBER Wind Concertos Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Maximiliano Martín (clarinet); Peter Whelan (bassoon); Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn);…