Comfort to troubled minds
Carl Nielsen: Clarinet concerto, 5th symphony (Chandos)
Haba listen
Alois Haba: Complete piano music (Supraphon)
Riddles to resolve
Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues (Pentatone)
A thoughtful take on Schubert
Schubert: Piano sonata D959, Moments Musicaux (Hyperion)
Yunchan Lim: Tchaikovsky, The Seasons
A deeply satisfying performance
Will anyone follow the Lieder?
Other singers presented Lieder recitals; Fischer-Dieskau personified the art form
The meaning of life itself
Sir Thomas Beecham: Complete stereo recordings (Warner)
Prodigiously original
Alkan: Early works (Piano Classics)
Debussy, Messiaen: Extase (Pentatone)
Kozena brings an unexpected touch of Janacek in the night
Unjustly overlooked but somewhat undercooked
Elsa Barraine: 2 symphonies &c.(CPO)
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