Milhaud Debussy Ravel String Quartets – Quartetto Italiano
Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12, Op. 252 / Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor /…
Debussy and Ravel String Quartets – Belcea Quartet
Belcea String Quartet Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 / Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit /…
Debussy Préludes and Fantaisie Messiaen Catalogue doiseaux – Kars
Claude Debussy: Préludes (Complete); Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre Olivier Messiaen: Regards de l’Enfant-Jésus (Regard de l’Esprit…
Lyell Cresswell Chamber Works – Hebrides Ensemble
Lyell CRESSWELL (b. 1944) Whira (1996) • Atta (1993) • Anake (1998) • Acquerello (1998) • Variations…
Chopin Ballades and Polonaises by Freddy Kempf
Freddy Kempf Frederic Chopin: Four Ballades: G minor, Op. 23; F major, Op. 38; A flat major,…
Charles Wakefield Cadman Chamber Works – Posnak and Ensemble
Charles Wakefield Cadman: Piano Trio (1914), Violin Sonata (1930), Piano Quintet (1937), The Legend of the Canyon…
Holmboe: Environmental Preludes and Chamber Works
Holmboe’s Environmental Elegies Vagn Holmboe’s final decade saw him turning—unexpectedly, perhaps—to nature. Not the Romantic sublime, mind…
Haydn Quartets Op. 64 by The Lindsays
The Lindsays in Haydn: Craft and Conviction These three quartets from Op. 64—written between 1787 and 1790,…
Beethoven Sonatas by Ramzi Yassa – Control Without Fire
# Yassa’s Beethoven: Control, Elegance, and the Question of Fire LISZT Six Lieder von Goethe BEETHOVEN Sonata…
Handel Coronation Anthems – Cleobury and Kings College
Handel’s Royal Music in Regal Surroundings Stephen Cleobury knows something about pageantry. After all, he’s spent decades…
Liadov Orchestral Works – Slovak Philharmonic
Liadov: Orchestral Works Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser Naxos 8.555242 [58:05] The historical irony still stings…
Handel Saul – Neumann and Collegium Cartusianum
Handel: Saul HWV 53 Gregory Reinhart (Saul), Matthias Koch (David), John Elwes (Jonathan), Vasilijka Jezovsek (Michal), Simone…
Handel Concerti Grossi by Boyd Neel Orchestra 1936-38
Handel’s Concerti Grossi Through the Lens of Pioneering Modernism Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Boyd Neel Orchestra…
Jeffrey Lewis: Austere British Modernism Explored
# Jeffrey Lewis: Music of Austere Contemplation ASC CS CD43 • 69:10 Jeffrey Lewis belongs to that…
Handel Concerti Grossi by Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch’s Handel: Historical Splendor, Occasional Stodginess There’s something both exhilarating and frustrating about these Pearl reissues—the…
Lipatti Chopin Concerto – Zurich 1950
Ghosts and Memories: Lipatti’s Chopin and the Perils of Nostalgia There’s always something unsettling about returning to…
Lekeu Adagio with Barber and Britten
A Modest Lekeu Discovery, Indifferently Served This Pavane disc—reissued, one assumes, from an earlier album though the…
Grieg Lyric Pieces – Håkon Austbø
Grieg’s Miniature Worlds, Beautifully Inhabited The Lyric Pieces constitute one of the great ongoing projects in piano…
Nicholas Lanier: Songs by Paul Agnew Rediscovered
A Master of the King’s Musick, Rediscovered Nicholas Lanier remains one of those fascinating historical figures who…
Kusser Theatrical Overtures – Franco-German Baroque Fusion
Kusser’s Theatrical Overtures: A Glimpse into the Franco-German Baroque Crossroads Johann Sigismund Kusser—who Gallicized his name to…
Gossec Symphonies by Orchestra de Bretagne
# Gossec’s Symphonies: Germanic Form in Gallic Dress François-Joseph Gossec: Four Symphonies Symphony in C, Brook 85;…
Janáček Piano Works – Rudy and Mackerras
Janáček: Piano and Chamber Works Mikhail Rudy, piano; Gary Hoffman, cello; Pierre Amoyal, violin; Soloists from l’Orchestre…
Froberger Keyboard Works – Kelemen on Baumeister Organ
Froberger’s Italian Manner—Mostly Johann Jacob Froberger remains one of those composers whose reputation has never quite caught…
Froberger Clavichord Works by Thurston Dart
Froberger’s Intimate World: Dart’s Clavichord Testament The clavichord was the secret instrument of the baroque—too quiet for…