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Musical Toys (1969) Unsuk CHIN (b. 1961) Six Piano Études (1995-2003) György LIGETI (1923-2006) Musica Ricercata (1951-3) Mei Yi Foo (piano) rec….

Mina jubilee Nilla Pierrou (violin) Track-listing at end of review rec. 1973-85 OAK GROVE CD2030 [4 CDs:…

Goyescas (complete) (1912-16) [65:23] Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946) Pantomima [4:16]; Canción del Fuego Fatuo [2:43] Nicholas Zumbro (piano) rec. London, 1992. KRITONOS…

PÄRT Wallfahrtslied; Orient and Occident; Nunc dimittis; Fratres; Te Deum Arvo Pärt (b.1935) Gordan Nikolic (violin), Netherlands…

Percival’s Lament – Medieval Music and the Holy Grail Capilla Antigua de Chinchilla/José Ferrero NAXOS 8.572800 (54.25)…

KORNGOLD Much Ado About Nothing (Incidental Music first complete recording) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) University of North…

Ever Yours – Selected Music and Letters of Percy Grainger Percy Grainger (1882-1961) Damien Beaumont (reader), Adelaide…

Handel in the Strand, Clog Dance [4:38] Molly on the Shore, an Irish Reel [4:45] Shepherd’s Hey [2:23]…

Myra Hess – The Complete Solo and Concerto Studio Recordings Myra Hess, piano APR RECORDINGS 7504 (78:51…

FLAMME Complete Organ Works: Saxer, Düben, Schieferdecker (CPO) Friedhelm Flamme (organ) CPO 777 502-2 (73:47) There is…

GRABBE Madrigals and Instrumental Works Johann Grabbe (1585-1655) Weser-Renaissance/Manfred Cordes CPO 777 662-2 (77.34) Somewhere in the…

SAINT-SAËNS Musique de chambre avec vents (Chamber music for winds) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Les solistes de l’Orchestre…

GOUVY Piano Trios Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898) Voces Intimae (Riccardo Ceccetti, fortepiano; Luigi…

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Quartet in B flat major, Barcarolle in F major, Piano Quintet in A minor Camille…

SCHÜCHTER Dvořák, Smetana, Respighi (NHK Symphony Orchestra) NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo/Wilhelm Schüchter KING INTERNATIONAL INC KKC2024/25 (61:02…

DOHNÁNYI Violin Sonata, Four Rhapsodies, Piano Concerto No.2 Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) Ernst von Dohnányi (piano), Albert…

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Roumain, Thomas, Stiefel, Hong – Thrum (Innova) Minneapolis Guitar Quartet; Gao Hong (pipa) INNOVA…

GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Mikado (Fancourt, Oldham, Lytton, Norris) Darrell Fancourt (bass), Nanki-Poo Derek Oldham (tenor), Ko-Ko…

Pacific Ridge Emma Lou Diemer (b.1927) Nathan Daughtrey (marimba); Betty Oberacker (piano); London Symphony Orchestra/Brynmore Llewelyn Jones;…

ROTHSCHILD The Songs (Charlotte de Rothschild) Charlotte de Rothschild (soprano), Adrian Farmer (piano) Nimbus NI 5903/4 (70:16…

MOSER Debussy, Ravel (Oehms Classics) Benjamin Moser (piano) OEHMS CLASSICS OC 423 (63:32) There’s a moment near…

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Poem about Aleksey, the Man of God; Song of Oleg the Wise; From Homer; The Mermaid…

DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande), Vincent le Texier (Golaud),…

GERSHWIN Strike Up the Band, Rhapsody in Blue, Promenade, Catfish Row Suite George Gershwin (1898-1937) Orion Weiss…