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Shostakovich & Britten (Decca Classics) ★★★★☆ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | Amazon The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has by no means matched the primary in public attraction or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s...

Songs from Japan and Europe — a relationship in music (TYXart) ★★★★☆ 🎧 TYXart Like each reviewer I like surprises, and nothing has stunned me extra in a month of Easter Sundays than this delicate and...

The Cosmos of Paul Ben-Haim (CPO) ★★★★☆ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | In case you are searching for uncared for shares in these shaky occasions, you would do worse than sink a pair of ears into...

Kurtág: Játékok (Pentatone) ★★★★★ 🎧 Presto It might be a bit early in springtime to be nominating an Album of the Yr, however I’ll be very shocked if any launch within the subsequent eight months makes...

John Area: Full Nocturnes (DG) ★★★★★ 🎧 Spotify | Apple | Amazon Probably the most influential Irishman within the historical past of music is just not Bob Geldof, Bono, Sinead O’Connor or the Dubliners, all of...

Ravel: Full Works For Solo Piano (Chandos)Malcolm Martineau: The Full Songs Of Ravel (Signum) ★★★★☆/★★★★★ 🎧 Apple | Apple Each double-album titles left me feeling uncomfortable. Ravel is a miniaturist, a maker of beautiful small issues...

Woman Gaga returned to pop music when she launched "Mayhem" final week. NPR Music's Hazel Cills talks to Rob Schmitz in regards to the album. ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A Main, Op. 141 (Dwell) (BR-Klassik) ★★★★★ 🎧 Apple | Spotify | Amazon Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his final symphony with left hand alone. A coronary heart assault in 1966, adopted by...