Searching for the funny notes
Dmitri Shostakovich: Premiere recordings (Naxos)
The year the mob called the tune
So much political meddling in music and so little resistance
A cornucopia of surprises
Anna Fedorova: Liberté (Channel Classics)
Almost too poignant to bear
Franz Schubert: 4-hand piano music (Erato)
Baroque in a bad way
Vikingur Olafsson: Opus 109 (DG)
The start of something new
Kurt Weill: Love Life (Capriccio)
Pick ‘n’ mix albums hardly ever work
Schreker, Korngold, Krenek (BIS)
This century’s Great Composers
Hidden masterminds may yet revive the species
Of its time, but worth your time
Mikis Theodorakis: 1st symphony (TYXart.de)
Others fade to sepia
Walton, Britten, Tippett: Works for piano and orchestra (BIS)
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