July 2019 Catalogue Issue 39 Prices valid until Wednesday 28 August 2019 unless stated otherwise Image taken from the cover of Linn 0115 982 7500 CKR467: Quartets and Concertos by JF Fasch performed by the Ensemble Marsyas (reissue)
[email protected] Your Account Number: {MM:Account Number} {MM:Postcode} {MM:Address5} {MM:Address4} {MM:Address3} {MM:Address2} {MM:Address1} {MM:Name} 1 Welcome! Dear Customer, Clara Schumann has been posthumously enjoying a mini-revival of interest in her work this year, the 200th anniversary of her birth being just around the corner. We have seen around a dozen new releases this year (so far) that feature her music in some fashion - around double what we would usually see in an entire year. July is no exception, and it is especially pleasing to see a major label like Decca pick up on the celebrations, given their ability to expose their recordings to a slightly wider audience. Theirs is also one of the few discs that is devoted to her music alone, and features Isata Kanneh-Mason (sister of Sheku) playing the Piano Concerto alongside a selection of solo piano works and transcriptions. Also of note is a new disc from Avie that includes some of her songs, coupled with both of the Liederkreis cycles by her husband. We managed to get a sneak preview and can report that tenor Kyle Stegall is superb, beautifully accompanied by Eric Zivian on a period instrument. We are thoroughly looking forward to getting to know this repertoire better. Nicola Benedetti has returned to the studio for the first time in three years, having worked with Wynton Marsalis on the world premiere recording of his jazz-infused Violin Concerto.