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Classical CDs Weekly: Eleanor Alberga, Parry, Blondel

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Contemporary string quartets, English motets & medieval wind music

Contemporary string quartets, English motets and medieval wind music

Eleanor Alberga: String Quartets 1, 2 & 3 Ensemble Arcadiana (Navona Records)

Classical CDs Weekly: Haydn, Korngold, Philippe Manoury

Classical symphonies transcribed for piano, a late, late romantic symphony and an electro-acoustic piano duo

Haydn, arr. Stegmann: Symphonies 44, 75 and 92 Ivan Ilić (Chandos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Albert Roussel, Roy Budd, Propellor

Naval captain, teacher and composer: Albert Roussel

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY A great French composer, an iconic film score and an aquatic journey

A great French composer gets his due, an iconic film score remastered and an aquatic journey from ocean to sky

Albert Roussel Edition (Erato)

Classical CDs Weekly: Saint-Saëns, Yolanda Kondonassis, Konstantin Reinfeld & Benyamin Nuss

Huffing and puffing: Konstantin Reinfeld and Benyamin Nuss

A travelogue disguised as a piano concerto, plus music for harp and harmonica

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Christophersen, Mr McFall's Chamber

Unassuming but excellent: pianist Nils Anders Mortensen at work

CLASSICAL CDs WEEKLY Bach, Christophersen, Mr McFall's Chamber

Baroque keyboard suites and Norwegian brass virtuosi. Plus penguins and a musical saw.

Bach: Keyboard Music Nils Anders Mortensen (piano) (Lawo Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Gounod, James MacMillan, Johannes Pramsohler

The Elysian Singers perform James MacMillan

Frothy French symphonies, Scottish choral music and trio sonatas from London and Paris

Gounod: Symphonies 1 and 2 Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bartók, Howells, Third Coast Percussion

Hungarian ballet music, a rediscovered cello concerto and lots of marimbas

Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki (BIS)

Classical CDs Weekly: Isabelle Aboulker, Swan Hennessy, Schubert

Julia Kogan and Isabelle Aboulker in the studio

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Contemporary French song, Celtic-tinged string quartets and Schubert on fortepiano

Contemporary French song, Celtic-tinged string quartets and Schubert on fortepiano

Isabelle Aboulker: Mélodies/Songs en français and in English Julia Kogan (soprano), Isabelle Aboulker (piano) (First Hand Records)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Sibelius, Thomas Wilson

Volatile Brahms from the Primrose Piano Quartet

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Brahms with period pianos, Sibelius from Watford and a pair of Scottish symphonies

Brahms with period pianos, Sibelius from Watford and a pair of Scottish symphonies

Brahms: The Piano Quartets The Primrose Piano Quartet (Meridian)

Classical CDs Weekly: Stewart Goodyear, Nielsen, Weinberg

Fast and ferocious: Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY Cross-cultural pianism, Decca treasures, a powerful Russian symphony

Cross-cultural pianism, analogue treasures from the Decca vault, and a powerful Russian symphony

Stewart Goodyear: Callaloo, Piano Sonata; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Stewart Goodyear (piano), Chineke! Orchestra/Wayne Marshall (Orchid Classics)

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