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My Soul, What Fear You? (King’s College, Cambridge)

A fascinating Lieder recital [JQ]

Noel Coward and Friends: A Most Marvellous Party (Signum Classics)

What an absolutely splendid party! Darling, I couldn’t have liked it more [PT]

Na’ama Goldman (mezzo-soprano): Legata (Solo Musica)

A fascinating new voice in a programme tied to her cultural heritage but with universal appeal [GF]

Trails of Creativity. Music from Between the Wars (Avie Records)

(Déjà Review) There’s something for everybody in this excellently played between-the-wars anthology of music [JL]

Weill: Propheten, Four Walt Whitman Songs (Capriccio)

This legendary work turns out to be more a curiosity than a masterpiece [SB]

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Weill: Propheten (Capriccio)

An interesting world premiere and a masterly reading of the Whitman songs [GF]

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Entartete Musik (Antarctica Records)

Powerful, moving music beautifully performed and recorded let down by abject documentation [NB]

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Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

Aylish Kerrigan sings Kurt Weill (Métier)

The singer really understands this repertoire [JF]

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Atlantic Crossings (Gramola)

An offbeat concept produces a very rewarding album [MP]

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The Wild Sound of the 20s – 1923 (BR Klassik)

A good example of 1920s music in outstanding performances, let down by lack of texts [LW]

Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (First Hand Records)

Two rarities; the performance of the main work is quite disappointing [SB]

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Der wilde Sound der 20er – 1923 (BR Klassik)

Four works reflect the time between modernity and tradition, revolution and republic, jazz and dance music [JF]