Naxos
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These elegantly crafted Sonatas from 1820 combine some of the thematic rigour of Beethoven with the ornate virtuosity of Weber. These are strongly committed and highly expressive performances. —
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[a] totally compelling performance full of hair-raising mood swings, in which harrowing despair alternates with profound mystic fervour... the Naxos disc demands to be heard. —
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Purcell - Theatre Music Volume 1
Aronoff, Bower, Duyn, Jeffrey, Kettrick, Mahon, McArthur & Tomkins
Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
This is an absolutely 'must' for Purcell collectors, and as attractive a distraction for more general listening as it was to 17th-century theatre audiences. —
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Johann Strauss II - Paraphrases and Piano Transcriptions
An Anthology of Historic Performances - Volume 1 (1930-1954)
Ernö Dohnányi, Maryan Rawicz and Walter Landauer, Isador Goodman, Jakov Fliere, Ania Dorfmann, Vera Appleton and Michael Field, Paul Badura-Skoda, Alec Templeton, Leonard Pennario, Adolf Wolff, Stanislas Niedzielski, Walter Rehberg, Whittemore and Jack Lowe
Philharmonic Piano Quartet