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Fri 06 Sep, 2019:
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Keith Jarrett’s 1987 studio recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier was admired for the restraint, simplicity and directness of its execution,...

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Tue 13 Aug, 2019:
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795

Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside launch their survey of Schubert’s song cycles with a winning Die schöne Müllerin that bodes more than well for...

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Thu 01 Aug, 2019:
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 – C major, K309; A minor, K310; D major, K311; Rondo in A minor, K511

“My concert duly took place yesterday, Wednesday the 22nd….then all of a sudden a magnificent Sonata in C major, out of my head and a Rondo to...

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Tue 02 Jul, 2019:
Roger Doyle: The Electrification of Night

At 70, Roger Doyle shows little sign of slowing down. An electronic music pioneer, he premiered his first opera in 2017, and this remarkable new...

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Tue 02 Jul, 2019:
Doyle: The Electrification of Night

At 70, Roger Doyle shows little sign of slowing down. An electronic music pioneer, he premiered his first opera in 2017, and this remarkable new...

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Fri 14 Jun, 2019:
Vaughan Williams: Viola Fantasia – Suite for Viola and Piano; Romance for Viola and Piano; Six Studies in English Folk Song; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes; Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano

Vaughan Williams aficionados will find much to enjoy in this compendium of pieces eloquently combining viola – the instrument closest to VW’s...

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Tue 04 Jun, 2019:
Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Les Nuits d’Été

“All in all, Harold is a disappointing work in so far as the stern philosophy of its opening is not maintained” (J H Elliot in The Master...

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Wed 29 May, 2019:
Colour and Light: 20th-Century British Piano Music – Alwyn: Twelve Preludes; Peter Dickinson: Paraphrase II; Delius: Nocturne; Margot la Rouge; Lutyens: The Ring of Bone; Anthony Herschel Hill: Litany; Toccata

Nathan Williamson follows his admirable traversal of Great American Sonatas on SOMM (reviewed 5 May 2017) with Colour and Light, a fascinating...

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Thu 23 May, 2019:
Lutosławski & Penderecki: Complete music for violin and piano – Lutosławski: Subito; Recitativo e arioso; Partita; Three Miniatures; Penderecki: Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

The Scottish-Polish duo violinist Michael Foyle and pianist Maksim Štšura couple two 20th-century Polish icons on their Delphian Records debut....

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Fri 03 May, 2019:
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op 120; Bagatelles, Op 119; Bagatelle ‘Für Elise’ WoO 59

Whatever Beethoven thought of Diabelli’s waltz (in two halves, each half repeated), it was the source of a unique set of variations that don’t...

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Thu 25 Apr, 2019:
Grace Williams: Violin Sonata; Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Suite for Nine Instruments; Romanza; Sarabande; Rondo for Dancing

Glancingly featured on disc, Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-77) receives a welcome boost with this sympathetically played chamber music...

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Mon 01 Apr, 2019:
David Fennessy: Panopticon; Piano Trio (Music for the pauses in a conversation between John Cage and Morton Feldman); 13 Factories; Hirta Rounds

There’s so much to admire, be intrigued, excited, engaged and pleased by in this fascinating collection of pieces by the Irish composer David...

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Thu 28 Mar, 2019:
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op 22; Amy Beach: Violin Sonata, Op 34; Romance, Op 23; Invocation, Op 55; Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata, Op 7

The music of Amy Beach frames this beautifully played recital by the seamlessly integrated, expressively fluid partnership of Tasmin Little and John...

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Mon 18 Mar, 2019:
Fiddler’s Blues – Ysaÿe: Sonate posthume pour violin seul, Op 27; Petite Fantaisie romantique; Ravel: Violin Sonata No 2 in G major; Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré; Debussy: Clair de lune (transcr. D Matthews & P Graffin); Enescu: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25; Hora Unirii

Of immediate interest are the first recordings of Ysaÿe’s ‘posthumous’ Violin Sonata and Petite Fantaisie romantique. Rescued from obscurity in...

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Fri 06 Sep, 2019:
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Keith Jarrett’s 1987 studio recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier was admired for the restraint, simplicity and directness of its execution,...

Tue 13 Aug, 2019:
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795

Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside launch their survey of Schubert’s song cycles with a winning Die schöne Müllerin that bodes more than well for...

Thu 01 Aug, 2019:
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 – C major, K309; A minor, K310; D major, K311; Rondo in A minor, K511

“My concert duly took place yesterday, Wednesday the 22nd….then all of a sudden a magnificent Sonata in C major, out of my head and a Rondo to...

Tue 02 Jul, 2019:
Roger Doyle: The Electrification of Night

At 70, Roger Doyle shows little sign of slowing down. An electronic music pioneer, he premiered his first opera in 2017, and this remarkable new...

Tue 02 Jul, 2019:
Doyle: The Electrification of Night

At 70, Roger Doyle shows little sign of slowing down. An electronic music pioneer, he premiered his first opera in 2017, and this remarkable new...

Fri 14 Jun, 2019:
Vaughan Williams: Viola Fantasia – Suite for Viola and Piano; Romance for Viola and Piano; Six Studies in English Folk Song; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes; Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola and Piano

Vaughan Williams aficionados will find much to enjoy in this compendium of pieces eloquently combining viola – the instrument closest to VW’s...

Tue 04 Jun, 2019:
Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Les Nuits d’Été

“All in all, Harold is a disappointing work in so far as the stern philosophy of its opening is not maintained” (J H Elliot in The Master...

Wed 29 May, 2019:
Colour and Light: 20th-Century British Piano Music – Alwyn: Twelve Preludes; Peter Dickinson: Paraphrase II; Delius: Nocturne; Margot la Rouge; Lutyens: The Ring of Bone; Anthony Herschel Hill: Litany; Toccata

Nathan Williamson follows his admirable traversal of Great American Sonatas on SOMM (reviewed 5 May 2017) with Colour and Light, a fascinating...

Thu 23 May, 2019:
Lutosławski & Penderecki: Complete music for violin and piano – Lutosławski: Subito; Recitativo e arioso; Partita; Three Miniatures; Penderecki: Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

The Scottish-Polish duo violinist Michael Foyle and pianist Maksim Štšura couple two 20th-century Polish icons on their Delphian Records debut....

Fri 03 May, 2019:
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op 120; Bagatelles, Op 119; Bagatelle ‘Für Elise’ WoO 59

Whatever Beethoven thought of Diabelli’s waltz (in two halves, each half repeated), it was the source of a unique set of variations that don’t...

Thu 25 Apr, 2019:
Grace Williams: Violin Sonata; Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Suite for Nine Instruments; Romanza; Sarabande; Rondo for Dancing

Glancingly featured on disc, Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-77) receives a welcome boost with this sympathetically played chamber music...

Mon 01 Apr, 2019:
David Fennessy: Panopticon; Piano Trio (Music for the pauses in a conversation between John Cage and Morton Feldman); 13 Factories; Hirta Rounds

There’s so much to admire, be intrigued, excited, engaged and pleased by in this fascinating collection of pieces by the Irish composer David...

Thu 28 Mar, 2019:
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op 22; Amy Beach: Violin Sonata, Op 34; Romance, Op 23; Invocation, Op 55; Ethel Smyth: Violin Sonata, Op 7

The music of Amy Beach frames this beautifully played recital by the seamlessly integrated, expressively fluid partnership of Tasmin Little and John...

Of immediate interest are the first recordings of Ysaÿe’s ‘posthumous’ Violin Sonata and Petite Fantaisie romantique. Rescued from obscurity in...

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