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Jonathan Woolf
Jörg Demus (piano): The Bach recordings on Westminster (Eloquence)
The cultured art of Jörg Demus in Bach [JW]
Their Voices (Dux)
A Polish-Jewish chamber programme focusing on the 1930s [JW]
Ysaÿe: Légende norvégienne (Simax)
A raft of previously unrecorded works – or adaptations – by Ysaÿe [JW]
The Stuyvesant String Quartet (Bridge)
(Déjà Review) A worthy salute to a fine quartet [JW]
Chasins: Complete Music for Solo Piano (Toccata Classics)
Numerous premiere recordings in an Abram Chasins twofer [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin) European Columbia Recordings Vol. 3 (Pristine Audio)
Concertos and duos from Szigeti’s peak [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin): The Mercury Masters (Eloquence)
Szigeti’s final, catastrophic sessions for Mercury [JW]
Brahms: Piano Works (Maestro Editions)
A rare Lyrichord session for an obscure pianist [JW]
Caplet: Le Miroir de Jésus (BR Klassik)
The refinement and lucid beauty of Caplet heard in a loving performance [JW]
Harpsichord Concertos (Hyperion)
Communicative powers to the fore, Esfahani breathes life into three Czech harpsichord works [JW]
Primrose String Quartet: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Biddulph)
William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]
Fitelberg: String Quartets (Acte Préalable)
Two striking and almost forgotten string quartets from a short-lived émigré Pole [JW]
Emil Reesen (conductor) The Art of (Danacord)
Reesen conducts miscellaneous lighter material including the first Danish orchestral records [JW]
Rubbra: The Jade Mountain (Chandos)
Rubbra’s overlooked songs recorded in sympathetic performances [JW]
Fabien Sevitzky (conductor) The Indianapolis Symphony Vol. 6 (Pristine Audio)
The final release in the Sevitzky-Indianapolis series ends in a celebration of the dance [JW]
Vivaldi: Violin Concertos (Forgotten Records)
The elegant, refined art of Peter Rybar in fine transfers from his Westminster legacy [JW]
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Forgotten Records)
A variably attractive Beethoven cycle from two eloquent Czech musicians [JW]
Julius Prüwer (conductor) Forgotten Maestro (Pristine Audio)
A welcome restoration of the recordings of a largely overlooked German conductor [JW]
Golestan: Chamber Music (Forgotten Records)
Attractive transfers from the 1920s and 1930s of Stan Golestan’s chamber music [JW]
Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets (Forgotten Records)
A great quartet in core repertory and superbly communicative Ginastera [JW]
Honegger: Symphony 2 (Forgotten Records)
A great Janáček champion conducts Honegger and Martinů in an obscure Polish recording [JW]
Bacewicz: Symphonies (cpo)
Rigour and rhythmic drive somewhat leavened by folkloric elements [JW]
Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets (Forgotten Records)
The Loewenguth Quartet’s stereo Debussy-Ravel coupling reissued in fine transfers [JW]
Malipiero: String Quartets (Dynamic)
A welcome reissue of Malipiero’s compact cycle [JW]
