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thu 06/11/2025

Classical CDs Weekly: Joubert, Mahler, Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska

Kenneth Woods breathes life into Joubert's Jane Eyre

A very English opera, an iconic song cycle, and a meeting between guitar and cello

John Joubert: Jane Eyre April Frederick, David Stout, English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods (Somm)

Classical CDs Weekly: Eisler, Janáček, Ravel

Terje Tønnesen leading the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Serious-minded film scores, historically informed French ballet and unmissable string quartets

Eisler: Hangmen Also Die and other film scores Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Johannes Kalitzke (Capriccio)

Classical CDs Weekly: Gražyna Bacewicz, Stravinsky, Nathan Williamson

Youthful energy: Oliver Knussen conducts Stravinsky

Polish chamber music, American piano sonatas and a pithy Faustian theatre piece

Gražyna Bacewicz: Chamber Music Diana Ambache and friends (Ambache Recordings)

Classical CDs Weekly: Laurence Crane, Martinů, Prokofiev

Rarely heard Martinů from Lukáš Vasilek's Prague Philharmonic Choir

English minimalism, folk-inspired choral music and a wintry violin sonata

Laurence Crane: 6 Trios, 2 Solos and 1 Quintet The Ives Ensemble (RTF Classical)

Classical CDs Weekly: Harald Genzmer, Mendelssohn, Nicholas Phan

Sounds from another planet: Peter Pichler and his mixture trautonium

Early German electronica, teenage chamber music and stories told through song

Harald Genzmer: Music for Trautonium Peter Pichler (mixture trautonium) (Paladino Music)

Classical CDs Weekly: Chopin, Glass, Alec Frank-Gemmill

Unflappably optimistic: Ethan Hawke and Bruce Levingston

Polish dances, minimalist piano music plus multiple horns

Chopin: Mazurkas Ivana Gavric (Edition Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Johannes Pramsohler

Dry wit: pianist Leon McCawley

Classical piano sonatas, a British ballet score and a child-friendly baroque anthology

Haydn: Sonatas and Variations Leon McCawley (piano) (Somm)

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Bruckner, Poulenc

Jaime Martín: an exceptionally entertaining disc.

Romantic orchestral music and life-enhancing sounds from a master melodist

Brahms: Serenades 1 & 2 Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Jaime Martín (Ondine)

Classical CDs Weekly: Alnæs, Granados, Kelly, Mompou

Pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska plays Frederick Septimus Kelly

CLASSICAL CDS WEEKLY: ALNÆS, GRANADOS, KELLY, MOMPOU Rediscoveries from Norway and Australia, plus a pair of poetic Spaniards

Rediscoveries from Norway and Australia, plus a pair of poetic Spaniards

Eyvind Alnæs: Piano Concerto & Symphony Håvard Gimse (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Eivind Aadland (Lawo Classics)

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Sibelius, Temple University Wind Symphony

Bass baritone Gerald Finley

Baroque violin music, rare Finnish songs, and a set of wind and brass concertos

Bach: Solo Sonatas and Partitas Jeroen de Groot (JDG Records)

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