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Complete Medtner Songs, Vol. 5
MEDTNER: Drei Gedichte von Nietzsche, Op.19. Zwei Gedichte von Nietzsche, Op.19a. Sonate-Vocalise mit einem Motto “Geweihter Platz” von Goethe, Sieben Gedichte Op.46. Acht Lieder, Op.61 / Ekaterina...
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Jason Robinson’s “Ancestral Numbers II”
ANCESTRAL NUMBERS II / Sweet Tooth. The Return. Ruby. Enos. Deployment. Arrival. Grayscale. Ancestral Numbers (Robinson) / Jason Robinson, t-sax/s-sax/a-fl; Michael Dessen, tb; Joshua White, pno; Drew...
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Investigating Ethel Smyth: More Rarities
SMYTH: String Quintet in E, Op. 1 (1884) / Fanny Mendelssohn Qrt; Johanna Varner, cel 2 / Moods of the Sea [Meerestille] / Maartens Koningsberger, bar; Kelvin Grout, pno / Piano Trio (1880): I....
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Jim Self Feels So Good!
FEELS SO GOOD / You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter). I Forget. Fanciful Dream (Jim Self).* Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone). Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione). Isfahan (Billy Strayhorn).*...
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Another Ivo Duet Album
DUOLOGUES 3: CRYSTAL CLEAR / Nine improvised pieces / Ivo Perelman, t-sax; Ingrid Laubrock, t-sax/a-sax/s-sax / personally released CD, available for free streaming on Spotify and Apple Music The Ivo...
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The Greatest Bach Violin Sonatas & Partitas
J.S. BACH: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin / James Ehnes, vln / Onyx 4228, also available for free streaming on YouTube starting HERE. My regular readers know that I have been around the block...
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Hannah Gill’s “Spooky Jazz 2”
SPOOKY JAZZ Vol. 2 / I’d Rather Be Burned as a Witch (Garrett-Dolin). My Man’s an Undertaker (Thomas Kirkland). Love is a Necessary Evil (Fisher-Segal). Hummin’ to Myself (Fain-Magidson-Siegel). Love,...
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The Music of Frederick Naftel
NAFTEL: Pascal’s Victim for Tuba Quartet / Tubalaté / Aphoristic Impressions / Haley Myles, pno / String Quartet No. 2 / Northern Film Orch. String Qrt; Melvin Tay, cond / Song of Songs: Rhapsody for...
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Who’s Afraid of the Boulanger Trio?
ANDRÉE: Trio No. 2 in G min. ALEOTTI: Io v’amo vita mia. STROZZI: Che si può fare? MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL: Trio in D min. PARADIS: Erinnerung ans Schicksal. AUERBACH: Postscriptum. L. BOULANGER:...
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Alisa Weilerstein’s Exceptional Brahms
BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G (arr. for cello by Weilerstein & Barnatan) / Alisa Weilerstein, cel; Inon Barnatan, pno / Pentatone PTCS5187215 I still can’t...
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Reviving Britten’s “Prince of the Pagodas”
BRITTEN: The Prince of the Pagodas (complete ballet) / Hallé Orch.; Kahchun Wong, cond / Hallé CD HLD 7565 This is the first new recording of Benjamin Britten’s fascinating but oft-ignored 1956 ballet...
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A Bushel and a Peck of Ives
THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION / IVES: A Symphony, “New England Holidays: Fourth of July. The Unanswered Question / New York Philharmonic Orch.; Leonard Bernstein, cond. / Hymn / New York String Qrt; Alvin...
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Robert Treviño’s Superb “American Opus”
WALKER: Address for Orchestra. CRUMB: A Haunted Landscape. REVUELTAS: La Coronela / Basque National Orch.; Robert Treviño, cond / Ondine 1445-2 This disc is the sequel to conductor Robert Treviño’s...
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Enoksson’s Excellent Busoni Sonatas
BUSONI: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2. 4 Bagatelles, Op. 28 / Per Enoksson, vln; Kathryn Stott, pno / Bis CD-784 Here is yet another example of why I normally don’t bother to review new recordings of...
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Robert Treviño’s “Americanscapes”
LOEFFLER: La Mort de Tintagiles. RUGGLES: Evocation. HANSON: Before the Dawn. COWELL: Variations for Orchestra / Basque National Orch.; Robert Treviño, cond ( Ondine ODE-1396-2 This is the first...
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“Polish Impressions” By the Łomźa Philharmonic
SMOCZYŃSKI: Polish Suite for Flute, Violin, Baritone Violin & String Orch. CZARNECKI: Venedian Concerto for Clarinet & Strings. MAJKUSIAK: Rhythm Games for Cello, Accordion, Strings &...
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Leopold Stokowski: The Technicolor Maestro
Forty-seven years after his death—Good God, was 1977 really that long ago?—the jury of the classical world is still out on Leopold Stokowski. He infuriated some musicians and critics while thrilling...
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Siranossian Plays French Cello Sonatas
CRAS: Sonata for Cello & Piano. FERROUD: Sonata in F minor. SOULAGE: Sonata in F Sharp minor / Astrig Siranossian, cello; Nathanaël Gouin, pno / Alpha Classics 1085 The repertoire on this CD is...
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Another New Bill Evans Album
BILL EVANS IN NORWAY / Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer). What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Legrand-A. & M. Bergman). 34 Skidoo (Bill Evans). Turn Out the Stars (Bill Evans). Autumn...
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Kalevi Aho’s Early String Quartets
AHO: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 / Stenhammar Quartet / BIS SACD-2609 As a composer, Kalevi Aho is not one of those about whom one can be neutral in one’s feelings. On the contrary, his music stirs up...
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