Monday, May 28, 2018

Holmboe Quartets (Copenhagen String Quartet)

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The Copenhagen String Quartet (Tutter Givskov and Mogens Lydolph, violins; Mogens Bruun, viola; Asger Lund Christiansen, cello) gave the f...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018

More Hindemith Trios

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This may well be the first time on this blog that I have offered the same work in consecutive posts, or even featured the same composer. B...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hindemith: String Trio No. 2 (Goldberg, Hindemith, Feuermann)

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Front of booklet for Columbia Set 209 This may not be a particularly rare recording, having been reissued numerous times on CD labels de...
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Friday, February 9, 2018

Howard Ferguson: Octet

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Howard Ferguson The work that put Belfast-born Howard Ferguson (1908-1999) on the musical map was his Octet, scored for the same forces ...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 109 (Denis Matthews)

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Denis Matthews Happy New Year! For my first post of 2018, I offer the first recording by Denis Matthews of a piano sonata by Beethoven...
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Friday, December 8, 2017

Beethoven: Quartet No. 15 (Erling Bloch Quartet)

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This year I have certainly managed to acquire a healthy batch of recordings by the Erling Bloch Quartet, and here is the latest installmen...
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Monday, November 20, 2017

Happy Birthday, Benjamin Britten!

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Benjamin Britten, 1938 Wednesday marks the 104th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten (born November 22, 1913). As a young man i...
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Friday, November 3, 2017

Piano Works of Niels Viggo Bentzon

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As my last post featured 20th-century Danish piano music, so does this one, but what a contrast in styles! I had really hoped to offer the...
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Friday, October 20, 2017

Jørgen Jersild: Trois Pièces en Concert

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Jørgen Jersild More obscure Danish repertoire this time around, and, after you have heard this, perhaps you will agree with me that its ...
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