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MAHLER: Das Lied Von Der Erde - Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor/ Christian Gerhaher, baritone/ Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/ Kent Nagano - Sony/BMG Published on March 15, 2010 A natural balance of orchestra, soloists and hall ambience is achieved - minus, unfortunately, the ultimate detail provided by higher resolution recording.
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; 3 Humoresques from Op. 87 and Op. 89; PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 - Vilde Frang, violin/WDR Sinfonieorchester Koeln/Thomas Sondergard - EMI Published on March 13, 2010 A sensational debut album by a Norwegian violin virtuoso of intelligence and driving musical introspection.
“Voyage à Paris” - POULENC: Improvisations Nos. 13 & 15; DEBUSSY: Minstrels; The Sunken Cathedral, Fireworks; FRANCK: Prélude, Choral et Fugue; RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit suite; MESSIAEN: Regard de l’Esprit de joie - Greg McCallum piano - MSR Classics Published on March 13, 2010 A very nice idea for turning a recital of 19th and 20th century piano music into a concept album.
ANTON REICHA: Woodwind Quintets, Volume 10 – Quintet in F Major, Op. 100, No. 1; Quintet in D Minor, Op. 100, No. 2 – Westwood Wind Quintet – Crystal Records Published on March 11, 2010 The quintets feature a surprising amount of counterpoint for compositions of the Classical era.
HANDEL: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 and 5 - Academy of Ancient Music/ Richard Egarr - Harmonia mundi Published on March 10, 2010 These performances of Handel's trio sonatas feature everything that has made this series so laudable.
"Peiwoh" - Arianna Savall (vocal, triple harp, gothic harp, celtic harp)/ Petter Johansen (vocal)/ Ferran Savall (vocal and theorb)/ Javier Mas (12-string guitar and lute)/ Mario Mas (guitar)/ Bjørn Kjellemyr (double bass) - Alia Vox Published on March 07, 2010 Peiwoh - the name is fragrant with courtly love and music’s soothing power.
CARL RUTTI: Requiem – Olivia Robinson, soprano/ Edward Price, baritone/ Jane Watts, organ/ The Bach Choir/ Southern Sinfonia/ David Hill – Naxos Published on March 05, 2010 A moving and very personal reflection couched in the confines of the Latin requiem.
WILLIAM KRAFT: Encounters - Southwest Chamber Music/ Tambuco Percussion Ensemble – Cambria (3 CDs) Published on March 05, 2010 At last! A worthy collection of a worthy modern composer in state of the art sound.
SCHOENBERG: Solo Piano Music (complete); STEUERMANN: Suite; Arrangements for 2 & 3 Pianos – POULENC: Toccata; STRAUSS: Themes from “Die Fledermaus”; Perpetuum Mobile; SCHUBERT: Whither? – Eduard Steuermann, p. (Schoenberg)/ 4 other pianists - Tacet (2 CDs Published on March 05, 2010 An important and influential recording comes back to light, though Sony is probably sitting on the original tape.
LITA GRIER: 5 Songs for Children; Sneezles; 5 Songs from A Shropshire Lad; 2 Songs from Emily Dickinson; Songs from Spoon River; Reflections of a Peacemaker – Soloists/Chicago Children's Choir/Josephine Lee - Cedille Published on March 05, 2010 The first ever disc of a talent dormant far too long.
Baltic Exchange = UGIS PRAULINS: Missa Rigensis; Laudibus in sanctis; MAIJA EINFELDE: Cycle of Fricis Barda Poems; URMAS SISASK: Benedictio; VYTAUTAS MISKINIS: Angelis suis Deus; Pater noster – Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/ Stephen Layton - Hyperion Published on March 05, 2010 More wonderful Hyperion discoveries.
MENDELSSOHN: The Complete String Symphonies – Festival Strings Lucerne/ Achim Fiedler – Oehms Classics Published on March 03, 2010 It’s gratifying to note that Mendelssohn's reputation has been rehabilitated in the last half of the 20th century so that he can take his rightful place among the greatest of Romantic composers.
THEODORE GOUVY: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 20; Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 30 – German Radio Philharmonic of Saarbrucken and Kaiserslautern/ Jacques Mercier – CPO Published on March 01, 2010 Is Gouvy’s forgotten memory justified or not?
BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Sarabanda con Partite, BWV 990; Aria Variata, BWV 989 – Matthew Halls, harpsichord – Linn (2 CDs) Published on February 26, 2010 A good reading in really terrific sound—the harpsichord has never sounded better.
BERNARD HERRMANN: Hangover Square; Citizen Kane – Orla Boylan, soprano / Martin Roscoe, piano / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Rumon Gamba – Chandos Movies Published on February 26, 2010 Two fine scores from Bernard Herrmann, excellently presented by Rumon Gamba and the BBC PO.
LULLY: Atys (complete opera) - Soloists/ Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie, conductor - Harmonia mundi deluxe edition (3 CDs) Published on February 26, 2010 A landmark recording of Lully's Atys beautifully presented in a handsomely bound deluxe edition CD-book.
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65; Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8; Grand Duo concertante in E Major - Andreas Brantelid, cello/Vilde Frang, violin/Marianna Shirinyan, piano - EMI Classics Published on February 26, 2010 Spontaneous, spirited collaborations by three gifted young artists in Chopin’s limited but ingratiating catalogue of chamber works.
R. STRAUSS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 8; KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 – Pavel Šporcl, violin/ Prague Symphony Orchestra/ Jíŕí Kout – Supraphon Published on February 26, 2010 Šproul had the ability to use his instrument to deliver just the right intonation and shaping of musical lines to bring forth the imagery of a dreamy reverie.
DVORAK: Sonatina Op. 100 for Violin and Piano; POULENC: Sonata for Flute and Piano; GRIEG: Sonata Op. 8 in F Major for Violin – Marie-Josée Simard, vibraphone/Marie Fabi, piano – XXI-21 Productions Published on February 26, 2010 I’ve heard enough vibraphone to last me a while, thanks.
SCHUBERT: Duo in A for Cello and Piano D. 574; Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano D. 821 “Arpeggione”; Fantasy in C for Cello and Piano D. 934 – Pieter Wispelwey, cello/Paolo Giacometti, fortepiano – Onyx Published on February 26, 2010 The combination of cello and fortepiano underscore the Biedermeier charm of these works.
“Piazzolla & Passion” - Eckart Runge, cello/Jacques Ammon, piano - Ars Musici; The Piazzolla Project - Concerto for Piano Quintet; Seasons in Buenos Aires; Fuga y Misterio; Suite del Angel for String Quartet - Artemis Quartet/ Ammon, p. - Virgin Classi Published on February 26, 2010 Only half of the ten selections on the cello/piano disc are by Piazzolla but all four works on the second album are by the creator of the New Tango.
JOHAN SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4; Romeo og Juliet, Op. 18, Zorahayda, Op. 11 – South Jutland Symphony Orchestra/Bjarte Engeset – Naxos Published on February 26, 2010 Inspired by Lizst’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, they’re appealing works, with good melodies (many Norwegian folk melodies taken from a collection by Ludvig Lindeman) and effective orchestration.
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; The Rock, Op. 7 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko - Avie Published on February 25, 2010 Petrenko obviously relishes his Russians, and this entire Rachmaninov album is very well done.
American Serenades = VICTOR HERBERT: Serenade for Strings, Op. 12; ARTHUR FOOTE: Serenade for Strings, Op. 25; Suite in E, Op. 63 – London Octave/ Kypros Markou, conductor – Dutton Published on February 24, 2010 Herbert? Maybe. Foote? Definitely!!!
"Swiss Perspective" = Trio Note Bene. Raff: Piano Trio No. 1; Bloch: Three Nocturnes; Honegger: Piano Trio in F Minor; Martin: Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes. Trio Nota Bene. Claves Published on February 22, 2010 This beautifully programmed disc of diverse, entertaining, and unknown piano trios is performed to absolute perfection and given a recording of stunning immediacy and presence.
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 - Rafal Blechacz, piano/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Jerzy Semkow - DGG Published on February 21, 2010 Both Blechacz and Semkow impart a feeling of freedom, the national figures seeming to arise spontaneously out of their own lyric impulse.
“Luminosa Buenos Aires” - PIAZZOLLA: Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas; Double Concerto “Hommage a Liege”; PUJOL: Double Concerto “Luminosa Buenos Aires” - Giampaolo Bandini, guitar/Cesare Chiacchiaretta, bandoneon/I Musici di Parma - Concerto Published on February 19, 2010 There is a strong Italian influence in tango music, and these Italian musicians are perfect in this live performance recording.
“21st Century Romantic" - Jackson Berkey, Steinway & harpsichord = Rainydark & Firelight; Time Twisters; Vivaldi’s Winter; 24 Nocturnes; Suite for Two Pianos; Playin’ in the Buff; JJ’s Toy Box; BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E Major - Soli Deo Glo Published on February 18, 2010 The two two-piano suites on the second disc are a delight.
MISCHA SPOLIANSKY - Film Music: Voice in the Night; The Happiest Days of your Life; The Man who could work Miracles; The Ghost Goes West; King Solomon’s Mines; North West Frontier; Dedication – Roderick Elms, p./ BBC Concert Orch./Rumon Gamba - Chandos Published on February 17, 2010 Spoliansky wrote quality music written for the silver screen, and this release is very highly recommended.
HOFMANN: Cello Concerto in D Major; HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major; MOZART: Concerto in D for Cello and Orchestra, K. 314 (arr. Flute Concerto) - Sol Gabetta, cello/ Kammerorchester Basel/Sergio Ciomei - RCA Published on February 17, 2010 Argentine cello virtuoso Sol Gabetta extends her already phenomenal reputation with this latest inscription, which includes a musical rarity or two.
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE - Symphonic Poems: Amontillado; The Viking; Three Blind Mice; Ulalume - Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt/ Howard Griffiths - CPO Published on February 17, 2010 The music of Holbrooke was heavily influenced by Wagner and Liszt, and the latter’s many tone poems became the Englishman’s preferred musical form.
BALBASTRE Music for Harpsichord = Pieces de clavecin, Book I, Livre contenant des pieces (excerpts); La d’Esclignac; Prelude; Marche des Marseillois et l’air Ca-ira; RAMEAU (Arr. Balbastre): Pygmalion (excerpts) - Elizabeth Farr - Naxos Published on February 16, 2010 Balbastre was one of the most celebrated keyboardists and composers of the French regime, and he survived the French Revolution.
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: String Quartets 1-3; Piano Quintet Op. 15 - Aron Quartet/ Henri Sigfridsson, piano - CPO Published on February 16, 2010 The Viennese-based Aron Quartet play these great quartets from a modern perspective without losing their romantic passion.
JOACHIM RAFF: Suite for Piano and Orchestra Op. 200; Die Eifersüchtigen – Overture; König Alfred – Overture; Dornröschen – Vorspiel; Samson – Vorspiel 3 act /Tra Nguyen, piano / The Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera /Roland Kluttig – Sterling Published on February 15, 2010 Raff's star may not shine as brightly as it did during his lifetime, and productions of this high quality do very well to introduce such well-crafted writing to the catalogue.
Benjamin Grosvenor = “This & That” - Piano music by Kapustin, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Moszkowski, Chopin, Brahms, Strauss, Gershwin [www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk] BENJAMIN GROSVENOR = Ben at 10: Piano Classics – Shellwood SWCD31 [www.shellwood.co.uk] Published on February 15, 2010 The young Ben at eleven, was the winner of the piano final in the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.
“Cross Over U.S.A.” - Claude Bolling, piano & arrangements, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute/Guy Touvron, trumpet/harp/guitar/violin/cello/doublebass - Frémeaux & Associates Published on February 13, 2010 Bolling decided to have these jazz/classical arrangements celebrate various American cities and states - hence the album’s title.
MENDELSSOHN: Concertos for Two Pianos, No. 1 in E, No. 2 in A-Flat – Joshua Pierce. Piano/ Dorothy Jonas, piano/ Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra/ Bystrik Rezucha – MSR Published on February 13, 2010 Young and brilliant Mendelssohn that only slightly seems a little unsubstantial.
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA: Suite de Lorca; Cancion de nuestro tiempo; Canticum Mariae virginis; Magnificat; Our joyful’st feast; Halavan himmean alla; Die erste Elegie – Schola Cantorum of Oxford/ James Burton – Hyperion Published on February 13, 2010 Essential listening for all—only a fool will ignore this disc.
JOSE BEVIA: Symphony No. 1; Sonde el Viento Nos Lieve; Three Enigmas; Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp - Moravian Philharmonic Orch. & soloists/Vit Micka - MSR Published on February 13, 2010 This is a disc of a young composer who is experimenting with his musical skills, looking for a niche to call his own.
PETER CROSSLEY-HOLLAND: Symphony in D; GOOSSENS: Variations on ‘Cadet Rousselle’; JOHN IRELAND: Merry Andrew; Bagatelle; Cavatina; Elegiac Meditation; The Holy Boy; Two Salon Pieces – Soloists/Royal Scottish National Orch./Martin Yates - Dutton Published on February 13, 2010 A fine series continues with music of a lesser light.
JOHN ADAMS: Nixon in China - Soloists/ Opera Colorado Chorus/ Colorado Symphony Orch./ Marin Alsop, conductor - Naxos (3 CDs) Published on February 12, 2010 Marin Alsop conducts a brilliantly realized performance of John Adams' opera Nixon in China.
Hommage a CHOPIN = Works of BALAKIREV, BENDEL, BUSONI, GRIEG, TCHAIKOVSKY, MOMPOU, GODOWSKY & others - Jonathan Plowright, piano - Hyperion Published on February 12, 2010 How did conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler so aptly put it: there is Bach, Beethoven--and then there is--Chopin!
JOHN GAY/BENJAMIN BRITTEN: The Beggar's Opera - Soloists/City of London Sinfonia/ Christian Curnyn, conductor - Chandos (2 CDs) Published on February 11, 2010 This recording makes a strong case for Benjamin Britten's version of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe--Suite No. 2; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; La Valse; Ma Mere L’Oye--Suite - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nezet-Seguin - EMI Classics Published on February 11, 2010 In 2008 the French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin succeeded Valery Gergiev as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic.
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49; Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 - Yo-Yo Ma, cello/Itzhak Perlman, violin/Emanuel Ax, piano - Sony Published on February 10, 2010 The new “Million Dollar Trio” presents a lustrous Mendelssohn album as their first inspired offering as part of the composer’s bicentennial celebrations.
HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 56 in D Major; Piano Sonata No. 50 in D Major; Piano Sonata No. 32 in G Minor; Piano Sonata No. 33 in C Minor - Andrew Rangell, piano - Bridge Published on February 09, 2010 Inspired performances by a pianist most likely bearing the digital and intellectual mantle of Glenn Gould.
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491; Rondo in A Major, K. 386; Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503; Appendix to Piano Concerto No. 24: Cadenza to Movement One (Hummel) - Valerie Tryon, piano/London Symphony Orchestra/Robert Trory - APR Published on February 08, 2010 These two familiar Mozart concertos benefit from the meticulous applications of pianist Valerie Tryon.
BEETHOVEN: The Complete String Quartets - Borodin Quartet - Chandos box (8 CDs) Published on February 07, 2010 An exemplary recording celebrating a singular musical collective performing some of the finest quartet music ever written.
Pyrotechnics = VIVALDI: Opera Arias – Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano/ Europa Galante/ Fabio Biondi, violin and conductor – Virgin Classics Published on February 05, 2010 You’ll break out in a sweat before this one is over…
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Maria Stuart, Op. 135; Ruckert Lieder; 6 Lieder from Myrthen, Op. 25 – Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano/ Anthony Spiri, piano – Harmonia mundi Published on February 05, 2010 More super Schumann from a quality source.
BRAHMS: Complete Organ Works – Haig Mardirosian, organ – Centaur Published on February 03, 2010 Brahms’s organ music is quite unlike anything else he wrote.
BEETHOVEN: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Paul Lewis, piano - (Gramophone Record of the Year for 2008) - Harmonia mundi box (10 CDs) Published on February 03, 2010 A superlative set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, worthy of the accolades it has received.
BRUCH: Kol Nidrei for Violin and Orchestra; Romance for viola and Orchestra; Overture to “Scherz, List, und Rache”; Serenade on Swedish Folk Melodies; Violin Concerto No. 1 - Alexandre da Costa, v./Orch. Sym. Bienne/Thomas Roesner - Guild Published on February 02, 2010 Bruch's lyrical gifts are undeniable, and this disc presents us several aspects of his effusive personality.
RACHMANINOFF: Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39; Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 – Alexander Romanovsky, piano - Decca Published on January 31, 2010 The “gift” indigenous to Romanovsky is his talent with narration.
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: The Crown of India; Imperial March; The Coronation March; The Empire March - Vocal soloists/ Barbara Marten, Deborah McAndrew, Joanne Mitchell - speakers/Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus/ BBC Philharmonic/Andrew Davis - Chandos (2 CDs) Published on January 30, 2010 I say - veddy British indeed.
LEGRAND: “Musicales / Comédies” = Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Summer of ’42; Go-Between; Yentl; GERSHWIN: Porgy & Bess; BERNSTEIN: West Side Story; LEGRAND: Donkey Skin; Le Passe Muraille; WEILL: ThreePenny Opera - C. Michel, harp/Grand Orch. Sym. - Naive (2) Published on January 30, 2010 The new settings of the familiar music sound fresh and exciting, turning the suites of mostly well-known tunes into mini harp concertos.
Alfred Brendel: The Farewell Concerts = Works of MOZART, HAYDN, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT & BACH - Decca (2 CDs) Published on January 29, 2010 Halting his long and fruitful career in December 2008 made an intelligent peroration without detracting from Brendel’s own musical image, his powers remaining intact.
JOHN CAGE: Dream - Stefano Scondanibbio, contrabass/ Fabrizio Ottaviucci, piano/ Ensemble Nextime - Wergo Published on January 29, 2010 Not in recent memory have I heard a CD that reveals as many inventive sides of John Cage as this one.
FREDERIC RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated - Kai Schumacher, piano - Wergo Published on January 29, 2010 Rzewski was “capable of depositing huge boulders of sonoristic material across the keyboard without actually wrecking the instrument.”
“Two Continents” - CHOPIN: Scherzi for Piano Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4; PIAZZOLLA: Invierno Porteno; GADE: Celos; NAZARETH: Odeon; LOYOLA: El Tecolote; OTEY: Arabesque; GOMEZ-TAGLE: No Me Deies Jamas - Leticia Gomez-Tagle, piano - Urtext Published on January 28, 2010 The Mexican classical label has assembled here a program of piano music by Chopin and some 20th century Latin American composers.
Wendy Warner Plays POPPER AND PIATIGORSKY = DAVID POPPER: Suite for Cello and Piano; Three Pieces; Im Walde. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY: Variations on a Paganini Theme - Wendy Warner, cello/ Eileen Buck, piano - Cedille Published on January 25, 2010 This is a disc of beautiful romantic music that offers much pleasure, especially for cello lovers.
CHOPIN: Journal Intime = Mazurkas, Ballades, Nocturnes, Fantasie, etc. - Alexandre Tharaud, piano - Virgin Classics Published on January 22, 2010 The entirely natural piano sound only enhances an already illuminated conception.
The Billy Collins Suite, Songs Inspired by his Poetry = Music of JALBERT, GARROP, GRIER & TIAN - Steve Robinson, narr./soloists/ensemble - Cedille Published on January 22, 2010 Alternately funny and moving like the poetry itself, The Billy Collins Suite works best when it’s sung.
BACH: Toccata in D, BWV 912; Capriccio sopra la lontananza, BWV 992; Fantasia and Fugue in a, BWV 904; Italian Concerto; Aria 1 from Goldberg Variations; Concerto in C for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1061a – James Tibbles & Jenny Thomas, harpsichords - Atoll Published on January 21, 2010 A Smorgasbord of Bach showing off a new harpsichord.
KRENEK: Symphonic Elegy, Op. 105; 7 Easy Pieces, Op. 146; Adagio and Fugue; 5 Short Pieces for Strings, Op. 116; Symphonic Piece, op. 86; Sinfonietta a Brasileira, Op. 131 – Leopoldinum Orchestra/ Ernst Kovacic – Capriccio Published on January 21, 2010 An eye-opening recording of some very esoteric but worthwhile music.
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1; Cello Sonata in D Major, OP. 102, No. 2; 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126; Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 69 - Tanya Tomkins, cello/Eric Zivian, fortepiano - Bridge Published on January 21, 2010 Given the period instruments and the participants’ level of execution, we can well glean Beethoven’s raising of the cello sonata to an independent status worthy of the highest musical ideals.
DEEMS TAYLOR: Peter Ibbetson (complete opera) – Griffey, Flanigan, Zeller/ Seattle Symphony & Chorale/ Gerard Scwharz – Naxos Published on January 21, 2010 A once-favorite opera that still packs cinematic appeal.
BARTOK: 44 Violin Duos – Angela and Jennifer Chun, violins – Harmonia mundi Published on January 21, 2010 Well-chosen music in definitive readings.
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Klavierstuecke, Op. 76 - Cynthia Raim, piano - Connoisseur Society Published on January 19, 2010 Sober, intelligent and passionate Brahms from a Detroit-based pianist of poetic inclinations.
NATANAEL BERG: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2. Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Ari Rasilainen - CPO Published on January 19, 2010 If you’re looking for some new late romantic symphonic discoveries, this will satisfy your craving.
CHOPIN: Complete Waltzes (19) - Alice Sara Ott, piano - DGG Published on January 18, 2010 Alice Karen Ott (b. 1988), is an artist of talent and requisite brio for these scintillating salon pieces.
CARLOS IGNAZIO MONZA: Harpsichord Music - Terence Charlston, harpsichord - Deux-Elles CHARLES NOBLET: Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (1756) - Charlotte Mattax Moersch, harpsichord - Centaur Published on January 16, 2010 Both these CDs will be of interest to collectors looking for off-the-beaten-track early keyboard music.
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47; Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 - Peter Orth, piano/Auryn Quartet - Tacet Published on January 16, 2010 Potent Schumann, the ensemble’s relishing Schumann’s ingenious figures at every turn.

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