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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3 (Sony Classics)
Malgoire’s second recording of the two famous Handel suites in period style has worn remarkably well [RMo]
Carwithen: Film Music (Dutton Epoch)
(Déjà Review) Some really fine cinema music here high on sumptuous 1950s confidence [RB]
Farrenc: Complete Piano Works Vol. 5 (Grand Piano)
Farrenc’s later piano works in the fifth volume of this excellent survey [RCh]
Bach & Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas (Forgotten Records)
(Déjà Review) Sympathetic, legato-conscious performances [JW]
Havergal Brian: Psalm 23, By the Waters of Babylon & Doctor Merryheart (Lyrita)
Brian admirers will have acquired this disc long before reading this review [NB]
Saariaho: Songs (Ondine)
Two very late works and a brief early song cycle by this significant Finnish composer [GH]
Gertrude Meller (piano): British Homochord Piano Solo Recordings (Sakuraphon)
Pianist rescued in brilliant fashion from undeserved obscurity [RCh]
Elgar: The Kingdom (Hallé)
(Déjà Review) Elder and the Hallé offer the pre-eminent digital account of Elgar’s last oratorio [JQ]
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