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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 1-15 - Gulda | Contrapunctus - March 5, 2025

The new release of Beethoven's piano sonatas by Universal Japan, featuring Friedrich Gulda's 1967 recordings for the Austrian label Amadeo, shows some slight differences ...

Iyer: Trouble - Koh, Rose | Mick Head - February 22, 2025

John Adams' music came to mind at first ("Trouble") and what a superficial comparison that turned out to be! These works all show a textural originality and a compelling sense ...

Mendelssohn Project, Vol. 1 - Schuch, Gurewitsch | Adrian Quanjer - February 25, 2025

I now own the whole set. It is of superlative quality and includes the youth solo concerti played with great elan underscoring the mesmerizing beauty. With a dwindling number ...

Italiana! - The Philharmonic Brass | hiredfox - March 2, 2025

A new SACD label. Whoopee! It deserves our support.

Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 - Otaka | hiredfox - March 2, 2025

I would welcome inputs from colleagues on a reliable source for purchasing Exton recordings. Links are never offered on here and CD Japan seem unable to access them.

Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5 - Otaka | hiredfox - March 4, 2025

Thanks John

B. B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With the King | onenairb - February 28, 2025

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Bud Powell: The Amazing Bud Powell | Mark Werlin - March 10, 2025

It's a compilation of two sessions, both recorded at WOR studios NYC: August 9, 1949 (quintets with Fats Navarro and Sonny Rollins) and May 1, 1951 (piano trios). It makes ...

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