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Shostakovich & Britten (Decca Classics) ★★★★☆ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | Amazon The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has by no means matched the primary in public attraction or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s...

Songs from Japan and Europe — a relationship in music (TYXart) ★★★★☆ 🎧 TYXart Like each reviewer I like surprises, and nothing has shocked me extra in a month of Easter Sundays than this delicate and...

The Cosmos of Paul Ben-Haim (CPO) ★★★★☆ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | In case you are on the lookout for uncared for shares in these shaky occasions, you might do worse than sink a pair of...

Kurtág: Játékok (Pentatone) ★★★★★ 🎧 Presto It might be a bit early in springtime to be nominating an Album of the 12 months, however I’ll be very shocked if any launch within the subsequent eight months...

John Area: Full Nocturnes (DG) ★★★★★ 🎧 Spotify | Apple | Amazon Essentially the most influential Irishman within the historical past of music just isn't Bob Geldof, Bono, Sinead O’Connor or the Dubliners, all of whom...

Ravel: Full Works For Solo Piano (Chandos)Malcolm Martineau: The Full Songs Of Ravel (Signum) ★★★★☆/★★★★★ 🎧 Apple | Apple Each double-album titles left me feeling uncomfortable. Ravel is a miniaturist, a maker of beautiful small issues...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Main, Op. 141 (Stay) (BR-Klassik) ★★★★★ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | Amazon Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his final symphony with left hand alone. A coronary heart assault in 1966, adopted by...

Zlatomir Fung: Fantasies (Cello Transcriptions) (Signum Classics)Stephen Sondheim: New Chamber Music Preparations (Bridge) ★★★★☆ / ★★☆☆☆ 🎧 Presto | Spotify I really like artists who try the unimaginable. Inside purpose, that's. I’d draw the road at...