Monday, 13 May 2013

Highly recommended new release from Harmonia Mundi of Wolfgang Rihm’s glorious Symphony ‘Nähe fern’

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German composer Wolfgang Rihm (b. 1952) www.universaledition.com/composers-and-works/composer/599 was born in Karlsruhe, a city near the F...
Saturday, 11 May 2013

Vladimir Feltsman, on Nimbus, provides one of the finest performances of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition currently on disc

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The story of how Mussorgsky came to write his Pictures at an Exhibition is well known. It was following the death of his artist and archit...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

Julia Brown makes an excellent case for the keyboard sonatas of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach on a new release from Naxos

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) known as ‘the Halle Bach’ was born in Weimar, the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach by his first wife...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Attractive Flute and Piano music with a jazz influence by Geoff Eales on a new release from Nimbus

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Geoff Eales (b.1950) www.geoffeales.com , born in Aberbargoed in South Wales, began his musical education at the age of eight when his j...
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Sunday, 5 May 2013

Rewarding music by Danish composer Bent Sørensen on a new release from Dacapo

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The Danish composer Bent Sørensen (b.1958) www.dacapo-records.dk/en/artist-bent-s%C3%B8rensen.aspx   studied composition with Ib Nørholm...
Friday, 3 May 2013

An outstanding recital from Simon Trpčeski on the Wigmore Hall Live label

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I first had the opportunity to hear Simon Trpčeski www.trpceski.com/simon live, back in January of this year when he performed Chopin’s ...
Thursday, 2 May 2013

Thea Musgrave’s Chamber works for oboe in fine performances on a new release from Harmonia Mundi

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Thea Musgrave (b.1928)   www.theamusgrave.com was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied at the University of Edinburgh and later at the...