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Thursday January 30th
	Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) The Six Partitas Angela Hewitt (piano) rec. 2018 HYPERION CDA678271/2 [72:52 + 77:04] [DC] Angela Hewitt’s Bach Partitas, 20 years on.
	Alexander BRINCKEN (b. 1952) Orchestral Music Vol. 1 Alexander Brincken (piano) Royal Scottish Ntl O/Rainer Held rec. 2019 TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0550 [75:45] [MR] A Soviet-era composer who writes in a style akin to what was around long before the creation of the Soviet Union, but does so with great self-confidence.
	Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Orphée et Eurydice Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Hélène Guilmette (soprano), Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon rec. 2018 NAXOS Blu-ray NBD0100V [99 mins] [MP] A stunning central performance by Marianne Crebassa.
	Frederick William HOLLOWAY (1873-1954) Symphonic Organ Works Markus Eichenlaub (organ) rec. 2019 AEOLUS AE11181 SACD [79:11] [SG] World premi?em>re recordings of a long-forgotten English composer.
	Rodolphe KREUTZER (1766-1831) Violin Concertos Nos 1, 6 & 7 Laurent Albrecht Breuninger (violin) S黡westdeutsches CO Pforzheim/Timo Handschuh rec. 2014 CPO 555 206-2 [72:23] [PRB] Makes an excellent case for affording Kreutzer the real credit he deserves in his own right as a composer and performer.
	Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 9 Seoul PO/Myung-Whun Chung rec. 2013 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4811109 [79:55] [SV] This Ninth immediately goes on my short list.
	Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Complete Piano Sonatas Vincenzo Maltempo (piano) rec. 2018/19 PIANO CLASSICS PCL10168 [60:16 + 73:50] [RWe] A sonata survey of high calibre, well worth exploring.
	Mieczysław WEINBERG (1919-1996) Cello Sonatas Wojciech Fudala (cello) Michał Rot (piano) rec. 2017 DUX 1545 [59:20] [SA] Superlative playing.
	Artur Rodziński (conductor) Complete Chicago Symphony Recordings rec. 1947/52 PRISTINE AUDIO PASC569 [64:27 + 70:33] [JW] A valuable record of Rodziński’s brief time in Chicago.
	Violin Plus One Piet Koornhof (violin), Albie van Schalkwyk (piano) rec. 2016/18 DELOS DE3577 [67:01] [MZ] Piet Koornhof offers up a delightful encore compilation of Romantic violin transcriptions.
	Completions and Reconstructions of Musical Works - Part 1 by Stephen Barber The first performance of Adam Pounds' Second Symphony by John France

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