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Absolutely delightful Piano Trios from the Santoliquidos Rare NGS recording by Tovey - FIRST REISSUE
Trio Santoliquido's Beethoven NGS 117- - Fachiri and Tovey play Bach - ultra rare

Trio Santoliquido were one of the great, yet inexplicably near-forgotten chamber music ensembles, as this - one of their later recordings - only serves to underline. Formed in Rome in the early 1940's, their playing soon attracted Deutsche Grammophon, for whom they made a number of LP recordings in the 1950's.

They also recorded this less-well-documented LP for the Musical Masterpiece Society in 1957, and what a gem it turns out to be. Coupling the familiar Archduke Trio with the less well known fourth - Gassenhauer or 'street song' - which was scored for a Trio including either a clarinet or violin, we have Beethoven at the heights of both his middle and early periods.

String tones are clear and vibrant, the piano tone warm and rich, and the playing simply divine - this really is a must!

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Donald Francis Tovey is one of the great names in music, as a writer, composer and author, perhaps best known for his Essays on Musical Analysis.

But Tovey was also a pianist of some repute, though he made only three known commercial recordings - two for the NGS and one for Columbia (also available at Pristine Classical).

This single movement recording was made when Tovey and Fachiri had completed their recording of the Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 10 in 1928 - they still had a side to spare, and this short but delightful recording was the result. Never previously re-issued, it's one of those single-side gems that the 78rpm era spawned which all too often got (and still get) get lost in the multi-track eras of LP and CD, but which can once again find a suitable outlet in the download era.

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Blind Lemon Jefferson - That Black Snake Moan
A stunning new XR remastering development brings amazing clarity to these classic early
blues sides from Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Brahms Cello Sonatas
Starker and Bogin's excellent 1954 recording of the Brahms Cello Sonatas has had fresh XR remastering this week and is now available as a 24-bit FLAC!
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