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MOZART: Clarinet Concerto; Clarinet Trio ‘Kegelstatt-Trio’; Allegro in Bb for clarinet

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Martin Frost (basset clarinet, clarinet), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Janine Jansen and Boris Brovtsyn (violins), Antoine Tamestit and Maxim Rysanov (violas), Torleif Thedeen (cello)

BIS BIS1893 (Hybrid SACD)

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MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581; String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K421

Arcanto Quartett with Jorg Widmann (clarinet)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902168 (CD)

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RIES: Notturni No. 1, WoO 50; Notturni No. 2, WoO 60

MOZART: Parthia in Bb K361 'Gran Partita'

Schweizer Blaeserensemble

CPO 7776182 (CD)

Martin Cotton surveys recordings of Beethoven’s String Quartet in C# minor Op. 131 and makes a recommendation:

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Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1

BEETHOVEN: Quartet in C# minor Op. 131

c/w Quartet in Bb Op. 18 No. 6; Quartet in Eb Op. 127; Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2; Quartet in C Op. 59 No. 3; Quartet in F minor Op. 95; Quartet in F Op. 18 No. 1; Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4

Belcea Quartet

ZIG-ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT315 (4CD mid-price)

STEFFANI: Stabat Mater; Beatus Vir; Non Plus Me Ligate; Triduanas A Domino; Laudate Pueri; Sperate in Deo; Qui Diligit Mariam

Cecilia Bartoli, Nuria Rial, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, Franco Fagioli, Julian Pregardien, Daniel Behle, Salvo Vitale, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis (conductor)

DECCA 4785336 (CD)

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Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 50th Anniversary Edition

Various artists including:

STEFFANI: Stabat Mater Ìý- Cujus animamÌýÌý

Marta Almajano and Mieke van der Sluis (sopranos), John Elwes (tenor), Koor and Barokorkest van der Nederlandse Bachverenigeng, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)

DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 88697281822 (50CD not currently available)

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German Baroque Cantatas

SCHOP: Jauchzet dem Herren

FORTSCH: Aus der Tiefe

PACHELBEL: Ciacona in F minor; Mein Fleisch ist die rechte Speise

KRIEGER: Sonata VII

BIBER: O dulcis Jesu

CAPRICORNUS: Scelta musicale

EBART: Miserere Christe mei

BUXTEHUDE: Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein, BuxVW 32

Hana Blazikova (soprano), Markus Markl (organ), CordArte Ensemble

PAN CLASSICS PC10293 (CD)

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Guardian Angel - Rachel Podger

BACH: Partita for flute in A minor BWV1013

MATTEIS: Passagio rotto; Fantasia; Movimento incognito

TARTINI: Violin Sonata in A minor B a3; Sonata No.13 in B minor B h1

PISENDEL: Sonata per violino solo

BIBER: Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor

Rachel Podger (violin)

CHANNEL CCSSA35513 (Hybrid SACD)

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Bach Corrette Geminiani… Transfigurations

VARIOUS BAROQUE COMPOSERS

Les Esprits Animaux

AMBRONAY AMY039 (CD)

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Kenneth Hamilton joins Andrew to discuss recent recordings of piano repertoire

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Busoni - Late Piano Music

BUSONI: Elegies BV249; Nuit de Noel; Fantasia after J S Bach; Canonic Variations and Fugue BVB40; Giga Bolero e Variazione BV254; Six Sonatinas; Indianisches Erntelied; Indianische Tagebuch Book 1 K 267; Three Albumleaves K289; Toccata 'Preludio Fantasia Ciaccona' BV287; Prologo BV279; Klavierubung 1925; Nine Variations on Chopin Prelude; Seven Short Pieces for the Cultivation of Polyphonic Playing BV296; Perpetuum mobile BV293; Prelude and Etude on arpeggios BV297

Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

HYPERION CDA679513 (3CD)

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Bach To The Future

BACH: 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir' BWV687; Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' BWV639; Sonatina BWV106

BERG: Piano Sonata Op. 1

BEETHOVEN: Six Bagatelles Op. 126

BUSONI: Fantasia nach J S Bach

BARBER: Piano Sonata in Eb minor Op. 26

Ashley Wass (piano) with Ron Abramski (piano)

ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100033 (CD)

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CHOPIN: 2 Polonaises Op. 26; 2 Polonaises Op. 40; Polonaise in F# minor Op. 44; ÌýPolonaise in Ab Op. 53; Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61

Rafal Blechacz (piano)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4790928 (CD)

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Hindemith - Piano Sonatas

HINDEMITH: Piano Sonata No. 1 in A; Piano Sonata No. 2 in G; Piano Sonata No. 3 in Bb; Variations

Markus Becker (piano)

HYPERION CDA67977 (CD)

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Shura Cherkassky - in Concert 1971

MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor K310

LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor S178

GRIEG: Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 7

MANA-ZUCCA: Burleske Op. 261

PABST: Paraphrase on themes fromÌý 'Eugene Onegin' by Tchaikovsky

SCRIABIN: Etude Op. 2 No. 1 in C# minor

STRAVINSKY: Danse Russe ‘from Petrushka’

Shura Cherkassky (piano)

FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR19 (CD)

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Piers Lane goes to town

PARKER: Down Longford Way

LANE: Toccata

DOHENY: Toccata for Piers Lane

IRELAND: Ballerina

BACH arr. HESS: Jesu joy of man’s desiring

MAYERL: Marigold

DELIBES arr. DOHNANYI: Naila Waltz

RACHMANINOV: Daisies Op 38 No 3

CONFREY: Dizzy Fingers

SAYA: Barcarolles

SHERWIN arr DANILLON: A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

POULENC: Nocturne No 4 in C minor Bal fantome

TEMPLETON: Bach goes to town

BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba

KEANE: The Tiger Tango

HOPKINS: Variations on a well-known theme

KARG-ELERT: Arabesque No 1 in Gb Filigran Op 5

MOORE: Beethoven Parody ‘And the same to you’

GRAINGER: Irish tune from County Derry

Piers Lane (piano)

HYPERION CDA67967 (CD)

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Bach - Cantatas Volume 55

BACH: Cantata BWV69 'Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'; Cantata BWV30 'Freue dich, erloste Schar'; Cantata BWV191 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'

Hana Blažikova, Robin Blaze, Gerd Turk, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

BIS BIS2031 (Hybrid SACD)