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Leonard Cohen
Thanks For The Dance [ Columbia / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. 'Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the... |
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SATIE / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / FAURE / POULENC
Michael Houstoun - Trois Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Michael Houstoun's second release on Rattle in 2017, following the exceptional tour de force of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, is a selection of personal favourites from the repertoire of French piano music. Trois is an album of absolutely... |
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TRADITIONAL
Lost Songs of St. Kilda Trevor Morrison (piano) / Scottish Festival Orchestra, James MacMillan [ Decca / CD - released 28/Sep/2016 ] This is the incredible story of the Lost Songs of St Kilda. Nearly a century ago, the last 36 residents were evacuated from the most remote part of the British Isles, St Kilda, an isolated island off the beautiful and rugged western coast of... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Debussy & Rameau Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] "It could have been a triumph of style over substance but, like the Bach, the programming here is truly inspired...Where else could Ólafsson end but with 'Hommage à Rameau' from Images, Book 1?" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2020 |
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DEBUSSY / DUPARC / FAURE / RAVEL
Secrets: French Songs Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Fazil Say (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] "Fin de siècle song from Duparc to late Fauré forms the basis of this impressive recital, Crebassa's tone and shading ideal in this repertoire, well matched throughout by pianist Fazıl Say." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Solo Vocal |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
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BACH / LISZT / CHOPIN / BUSONI
Vida breve Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Piano Sonatas by Chopin (No 2) and Hough (No 4) are the twin peaks of a typically stimulating recital which-as always from Stephen Hough-spans centuries and styles with assurance. How often do Liszt's 'Funérailles' and Gounod's 'Ave Maria' share the... |
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MOZART / GALUPPI / HAYDN / CIMAROSA / C.P.E. BACH
Mozart & Contemporaries Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "there is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson's superb pianism, most notably in Haydn's Sonata No. 47, Mozart's little Cmajor Sonata and his dagio in Bminor; his Kleine Gigue goes like the wind." - BBC Music Magazine |
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Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker [ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's... |
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ERIK SATIE
Satie: Gymnopedies and other piano works Aldo Ciccolini (piano) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / EMI / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "No more committed or convincing champion of this music could be found than Ciccolini, who equally well conveys, for example, the tenderness of the fifth Gnossienne, the pre-Poulenc pert humour and charm of the Morceaux en forme de poire and the... |