Toccata Classics
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Lehtola’s playing and programme notes are outstanding, and the glassy chill of the Virtanen organ at Turku fits the music like a glove. —
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Naresh Sohal: Complete Piano Music; Piano Trio
Konstantinos Destounis (piano), Cristina Anghelescu (violin), Adrian Mantu (cello), Mark Troop (piano)
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[Quartet No. 1] appears influenced by Schoenberg, Bartók and, in some of its aphoristic yet highly expressive melodic fragments, Janáček. Quartet No. 2 (1974-76) is more 'of its time', the Scherzo's... —
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François Couperin: Music for Two Harpsichords, Vol. 1
Jochewed Schwarz and Emer Buckley (harpsichords)
These are engaging interpretations by congenial partners on two harpsichords by the same builder, Von Nagel in Paris, in whose workshop the recording was made. Only here and there I found their... —
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Gareth Walters - Song of the Heart
Carolyn Foulkes (soprano) & Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo soprano)
London Concertante, Gregory Rose
The composer is fortunate in his first singer, soprano Carolyn Foulkes. A pupil of Mary Thomas, who gave the first performance, she brings a voice pure in tone, even in emission, well suited... —
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Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Piano Music
Goldstone and Clemmow (piano duo), Anthony Goldstone (solo piano)
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Paulus plays everything with assurance, fluidly meeting all technical demands. Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Solistas de Minería string orchestra accompany with sensitivity. —
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Sir Donald Tovey: Cello Concerto
Alice Neary (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, George Vass
With a playing time of nearly 55 minutes, Sir Donald Tovey's Cello Concerto (composed in 1932-33 for Pablo Casals) is almost certainly the longest ever written. Casals gave the world premiere... —
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