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Dominy Clements
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-18 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Hesitate not – this really is new Mozart [DC]
M Galilei: Lute Music (Solaire Records)
Will this turn you on to the subtleties of late-Renaissance lute music? [DC]
Pärt: Kanon Pokajanen (Harmonia Mundi)
Still up there with the best in a very narrow field [DC]
Haydn: Organ Concertos (Challenge Classics)
(Déjà Review) A very welcome release indeed [DC]
Trumpet Concertos by Gruber, Eötvös and Turnage (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) Hardenberger is a soloist without equal, cruising through bruising technical passagework as if it were Handel or Haydn [DC]
Glass: Music for organ (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Superhuman performances in a fine recording [DC]
JS Bach: Oboe Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A standard which will be hard to beat [DC]
Schumann: Chamber Music (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Seek it out, lend it not [DC]
Kahn: Piano Quartets & Serenade (cpo)
An attractively full symphonic sound in some fine chamber works [DC]
Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4 & Overtures (BIS)
(Déjà Review) An attractive prospect [DC]
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Decca)
A breath of fresh air [DC]
JS Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier Book II (Pentatone)
Somewhat idiosyncratic, and not a recording that filled me with joy [DC]
van Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens (cpo)
Succulent and approachable early 20th century romantic rarities [DC]
Franck & Widor: Works for organ and orchestra (CPO)
An excellent new version of Franck’s Op. 17 [DC]
Smyth: String Trio (Solaire Records)
Cracking performance of a fascinating but neglected work [DC]
Dowland: The Complete Solo Lute Music (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A joy and feast for the ears [DC]
Rosy Wertheim’s Wonderous Worlds (Genuin)
Distinctive early 20th century character pieces from a neglected composer [DC]
Lugge: The Forbidden Fruit (Hortus)
John Lugge, certainly a composer worth getting to know [DC]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume VIII (ECM)
Warning: may render your current versions redundant [DC]
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Excellence and depth: real transcendent Beethoven, almost all of the time [DC]
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Hyperion)
Expressive, dramatic and compelling – what’s not to love? [DC]
JS Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (Berlin Classics)
Very good, but is there more goodness to be extracted from Bach’s BWV1080? [DC]
16th century music for convents (Lucky Music)
Eavesdrop into an unfamiliar corner of religious music making during the Renaissance [DC]
Babadjanian: Complete Works for Piano (Claves)
Deserves a place in any good 20th century piano collection [DC]
