Balladeer

Sarah Connolly, William Dazely, Iain Burnside: Sonnett für Wien - Songs of Erich Korngold (Signum)

Brahms-Glanert: Four serious songs, Brahms-Berio: Clarinet sonata 1, Glanert: Weites Land (Ondine) Michael Nagy (Baritone), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Cristina Ortiz (p) & Antonio Meneses (clo) - Villa-Lobos: L´oeuvre pour violoncelle et piano (Intrada)

Talked to Naura once shortly at Jazz Baltica. Aside from his role as a musician he also wrote in a highly original style and very wittily about jazz. There was a time when I was looking forward to his short, brilliant reviews and portraits for German weekly Die Zeit Thanks for your music and words, Mr. Naura!..

Eduardo Fernández - Scriabin: Complete Preludes (Orpheus)

Tatyana Nikolayeva - The 1989 Herodes Atticus Odeon Recital (First Hand)

Gabriel Gorog plays Felix Blumenfeld 24 preludes (Suoni e Colori)

Barrios is fantastic and La Catedral magesterial. As far as I remember there´s a gorgeous prelude that precedes it. Don´t miss it!

Klara Min - Scriabin (Steinway & Sons) What a pianist, her touch is magic, lovely playing. Among those recordings of early Scriabin that have been published over the last six years this latest remains my dearest.

Vladimir Feltsman - A Tribute to Silvestrov (Nimbus)

Maria Lettberg plays Erkki Melartin Solo Piano Works (Crystal Classics) Disc 2

Todd Levy (clarinet) & Elena Abend (piano): Brahms & Schumann (Avie)

Pavel Kolesnikov plays Tchaikovsky The Seasons (Hyperion)

Peter Mattei (baritone) & Bengt-Ake Lundin (p) Wilhelm Stenhammar: Songs (BIS)

Christian Schulz (gtr) - Romanza (Oceanbar)

Second that. So long, Leonard

Maria Lettberg plays Erkki Melartin - Solo Piano Works Grateful for Crystal Records´ Piano rarities series that released this gem. Melartin, once student of Sibelius, deserves wider recognition. Those Preludes and Impressions on Disc 2 are ceaselessly fascinating late romantic and expressionistic stuff.

Paul Badura-Skoda - Tänze aus Wien (Gramola)

Maria Lettberg plays Erkki Melartin: The Solo Piano Works (Crystal Classics) Disc 2 Some of the most fascinating piano music I´ve heard in years

Maria Lettberg - Erkki Melartin: The Solo Piano Works (Crystal Classics) Disc 1

Maria Lettberg - Melartin: The Solo Piano Works (Crystal Classics) Disc 2 Major discovery

Marta Deyanova - Skriabin: Mazurkas (Nimbus)

Richie Beirach, Gregor Hübner, George Mraz - Round about Federico Mompou (ACT)

Ulrich Drechsler John Ruocco Joris Roelofs Jean-Marc Foltz

Ruby Hughes (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (p) - Nocturnal Variations (Champs Hill)