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		<title>Deliciously unfamiliar/eminently listenable music from little-known French composer Michel Corrette</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/07/deliciously-unfamiliar-but-eminently-listenable-music-from-little-known-composer-michel-corrette/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MICHEL CORRETTE (1707-1795) France LES DELICES DE LA SOLITUDE – Sonatas Op. 20 Nos.1-6 Michelle Kesler &#8211;  ‘Cello I Sonatas 2, 4 &#38; 6  / Cello II Miranda Wilson &#8211; ‘Cello I Sonatas 1, 3 &#38; 5  / Cello II MSR Classics MS 1832 Recorded November 2024 in the Recital Hall at Brigham Young University, <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/07/deliciously-unfamiliar-but-eminently-listenable-music-from-little-known-composer-michel-corrette/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;Conversations with Bach” – Inbal Megiddo plays the six suites for solo cello                                                                                                             The Six Cello Suites of JS Bach</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[J.S.BACH – The ‘Cello Suites Nos 1-6 BMV 1007-12 Inbal Megiddo (‘cello) Atoll Records ACD 233 (recorded at Stella Maris Recording Studios, Seatoun, Wellington) It took me a little while to approach the Bach ‘Cello Suites as a listener – though I got to know something about the instrument itself soon enough, as it figured <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/12/inbal-megiddos-conversations-with-bach-js-bachs-six-cello-suites/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Melencolia &#8211; ANTHONY RITCHIE &#8211; Three String Quartets, from the Jade String Quartet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MELENCOLIA ANTHONY RITCHIE’S STRING QUARTETS 1-3 Jade String Quartet Miranda Adams, Charmian Keay (violins). Robert Ashworth (viola), James Yoo (’cello) Producer: Kenneth Young Engineers: John Kim, Steve Garden RATTLE RAT-D159 2025 After first-time listening right through in a single, totally absorbed (occasionally transfixed) sitting to a recently issued Rattle Records recording of Anthony Ritchie’s three <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/12/melencolia-anthony-ritchie-three-string-quartets-from-the-jade-string-quartet/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The First Smile &#8211; 50 years of Gamelan in Aotearoa New Zealand &#8211; a celebration!</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2025/06/18883/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Poynton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The First Smile &#124; Gamelan Ensemble &#8211; Rattle Records (2024) Players: Gerard Crewdson, Chris Francis, Rosalind Jiko, Helen Lowe, Hui Luo, Barbara Lyon, Keith McEwing, Jennifer Shennan The First Smile is not really a CD, it’s a celebration! Actually where to start with the celebrations? Nothing less than a list is in order: *50th anniversary <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/06/18883/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Psathas&#8217;s &#8220;Leviathan&#8221; &#8211; genre-defying and irresistible</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2025/05/john-psathass-leviathan-genre-defying-and-irresistible/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[JOHN PSATHAS – Leviathan Four Percussion Concertos The All-Seeing Sky (with Fabian Ziegler and Luca Staffelbach) Call of the Wild (with Adam Page) Leviathan (with Alexej Gerassimez) Dijnn (with Yoshiko Tsuruta) All with Orchestra Wellington and Musical Director Marc Taddei Orchestra Wellington OW 23CD Hailed as “genre-defying music”, four of New Zealand/Greek composer John Psathas’s <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/05/john-psathass-leviathan-genre-defying-and-irresistible/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Come to the Cabaret! &#8211; with Stephanie Acraman and Liam Wooding</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE COMPLETE CABARET SONGS OF WILLIAM BOLCOM &#160; Stephanie Acraman (voice) Liam Wooding (piano) RATTLE RAT D140-2023 Producer: Kenneth Young Recorded by John Kim and Steve Garden at the Gallagher Theatre, Waikato University I imagined I could at first almost hear the beguiling tones of Joan Morris floating around the edges of Stephanie Acraman’s voice <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/04/come-to-the-cabaret-with-stephanie-acraman-and-liam-wooding/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wellington City Orchestra – heartily home-grown with Lilburn and Anthony Ritchie and gloriously global with Inbal Megiddo in Shostakovich</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Maurice (conductor) and Inbal Megiddo (&#8216;cello) rehearse Shostakovich with the Wellington City Orchestra, December 2024, at St.Andrew&#8217;s Church, Wellington DOUGLAS LILBURN – Overture “Aotearoa” (1940) DMIYTRI SHOSTAKOVICH – Concerto for ‘Cello and Orchestra No. 1 Op. 107 (1959) ANTHONY RITCHIE – Symphony No. 5 “Boum” Op.59 (1993) Inbal Megiddo (‘cello) Wellington City Orchestra Donald <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2025/01/wellington-city-orchestra-heartily-home-grown-with-lilburn-and-anthony-ritchie-and-gloriously-global-with-inbal-megiddo-in-shostakovich/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Luu Hong Quang&#8217;s Liszt recording proclaims its lustre on Rattle Records</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2024/11/luu-hong-quangs-liszt-recording-proclaims-its-lustre-on-rattle-records/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FRANZ LISZT –  Etudes d’execution transcendante S.139 (Transcendental Etudes) Luu Hong Quang (piano) Rattle Records RAT-D152 2024 Reviewed  &#8220;Middle C&#8221; November 2024 Vietnamese pianist Luu Hong Quang is currently (2024) in Wellington while studying for his Doctorate of Music with Professor Jian Liu at Victoria University’s School of Music. It’s a far-flung location from which <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/11/luu-hong-quangs-liszt-recording-proclaims-its-lustre-on-rattle-records/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where Fairburn Walked &#8211; worlds of home-grown sounds</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2024/08/where-fairburn-walked-worlds-of-home-grown-sounds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WHERE FAIRBURN WALKED &#8211; an exploration of New Zealand Piano Music Jian Liu (piano) Rattle RAT – D149 2024 (3 CD set) In 1987 Kiwi songwriter Ross Mullins wrote a song “Where Fairburn Walked” for an album “Passing Shots”, a song subsequently taken up by singer Caitlin Smith in her 2004 album “Aurere”. Various commentators <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/08/where-fairburn-walked-worlds-of-home-grown-sounds/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Intermezzi from Brahms via Michael Houstoun and Rattle Records</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2024/03/intermezzi-from-brahms-via-michael-houstoun-and-rattle-records/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BRAHMS – Complete Intermezzi for solo piano Michael Houstoun (piano) RATTLE Records RAT-D131-2022 Producer : Kenneth Young Recording Engineer : Steve Garden This beautifully-appointed Rattle disc’s serial number finishes with the tell-tale date 2022, one which inspires a tale piquantly framed by yours truly as a poor excuse, but one nevertheless linked to positive outcomes. <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2024/03/intermezzi-from-brahms-via-michael-houstoun-and-rattle-records/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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