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Friday May 29th
	Philip GLASS (b. 1937) The Fall of the House of Usher Jonas Hacker (tenor) Madison Leonard (soprano) Inscape Chamber O/Joseph Li rec. 2017 ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC OMM0138 [49.19 + 33.29] [PCG] Interesting, but not without problems.
	Piers HELLAWELL (b. 1956) Up By The Roots Huw Watkins, William Howard (piano) Fidelio Trio, Ulster O/Paul Watkins (cello) rec. 2018/19 DELPHIAN DCD34223 [77.14] [GH] Some very fine music, though not everything is successful.
	Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Le nozze di Figaro: Overture & aria, Serenata Notturna Joaquin TURINA (1882-1949) Canto a Sevilla Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Residentie O den Haag/Antal Doráti rec. 1951 ANTAL DORÁTI LIVE ADL278 [44:26] [BRa] A unique but short-measure encounter with Antal Doráti and Victoria de los Angeles.
	Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il barbiere di Siviglia Dmitry Korchak (tenor) Leo Nucci (baritone) Nino Machaidze (mezzo) O & Ch Arena di Verona/Daniel Oren rec. 2017 BELAIR CLASSIQUES DVD BAC169 [162 mins] [CC] Worth seeing but it is not one I will return to with much regularity.
	Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Sonata No. 20, Impromptus Irina Chukovskaya (piano) rec. 2018 DUX 1618 [68:28] [DD] Forceful renditions of ever-inspired music.
	Ronald STEVENSON (1928–2015) Piano Music Vol. 3 Christopher Guild (piano) rec. 2018 TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0403 [70:22] [SSi] A very pleasing disc.
	Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) L’Eleganza Capricciosa Cappella dell’Ospedale della Pietà/Stefan Plewniak (violin) rec. 2017 ËVOE RECORDS EVOE007 [56:39] [CRo] Performances on a par with the best historically informed exponents of this repertoire.
	Johann Wilhelm WILMS (1772-1847) Piano Quartets Valentin Klavier Qt rec. 2018 CPO 555 247-2 [60:21] [SV] Beautiful quartets done full justice.
	Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Benny Goodman (clarinet) Robert Casadesus (piano) Nathan Milstein (violin) New York P-SO SONY 19075988382 [6 CDs: 414 mins] [JW] A finely produced and concentrated focus on Barbirolli’s New York shellac years.
	Véronique Gens (soprano) Nuits I Giardini rec. 2019 ALPHA CLASSICS 589 [61.41] [MC] A captivating prospect.
	The Symphonies of Anton Bruckner Revisited by John Quinn and Patrick Waller More Obscure Favorites by Andrew Hartman Recalling John Addison’s Trumpet Concerto by John France

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