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		<title>Gary Wilby &#8211; To those who dwell in realms of day&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<link>https://middle-c.org/2026/04/gary-wily-to-those-who-dwell-in-realms-of-day/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS, MINIATURES, AND SOUNDSCAPES  by Gary Wilby &#8211; FUTUNA CHAPEL 2026 Gary Wilby &#8211; electric piano Petrina Wu, Tina Wilby (&#8216;cellos) Natasha McMillan (violin) Julie Coulson (narrator) Futuna Chapel, Friend St., Karori, Wellington Sunday, 19th April, 2026 Gary Wilby himself regards his sound-creations as “miniatures and intimate”, echoing in a real sense something of poet <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2026/04/gary-wily-to-those-who-dwell-in-realms-of-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Intermezzi from Brahms via Michael Houstoun and Rattle Records</title>
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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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		<title>Third volume of Richard Farrell piano recordings a fascinating collection of till-now unreleased treasures</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindis Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richard Farrell recordings for Atoll Volume 3 CD 1: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 with the National Orchestra of the NZBS, conducted by Andersen Tyrer (1948) CD 2: Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat.  Richard Farrell Piano Quartet (Radio Suisse, Zurich, 1956) Liszt: Transcriptions/reminiscences and original pieces Bach: Prelude and <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2019/12/third-volume-of-richard-farrell-piano-recordings-a-fascinating-collection-of-till-now-unreleased-treasures/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rachmaninov from Rustem Hayroudinoff, via Halida Dinova&#8230;&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RACHMANINOV – The Piano Sonatas Piano Sonata No.1 in D Minor Op.28 Lullaby (Tchaikovsky) Op.16 No.1) arr. Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat Minor Op.36 Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) ONYX 4181 (available from Presto Classical) What on earth, you are asking, am I doing reviewing a CD by a pianist whose name would be largely unknown <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2018/06/rachmaninov-from-rustem-hayroudinoff-via-halida-dinova/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pianist Tony Chen Lin&#8217;s debut CD for Rattle a must-hear&#8230;.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rattle Records presents: DIGRESSIONS – Tony Chen Lin (piano) BARTOK – Piano Sonata BB 88 (Sz.80) JS BACH – French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 TONY CHEN LIN – Digressions (Meditation on R.S.) SCHUMANN – Humoreske Op.20 Rattle RAT DO80 2018 My first encounter with Tony Chen Lin was in 2008 at <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2018/05/pianist-tony-chen-lins-debut-cd-for-rattle-a-must-hear/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inbal Megiddo (&#8216;cello) and Te Kōkī Trio record music for the ages</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DEBUSSY – Two Instrumental Sonatas and a Piano Trio Violin Sonata in G Minor (1917) ‘Cello Sonata in D Minor (1915) Piano Trio in G Major (1879) Te Kōkī Trio: Martin Riseley (violin) Inbal Megiddo (‘cello), Jian Liu (piano) Rattle Records 0069 2017 JS BACH – Six Suites for solo ‘Cello BWV 1007-12 Volume One <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2018/04/inbal-megiddo-cello-and-te-koki-trio-record-music-for-the-ages/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two resounding recordings from Rattle &#8211; classics and a feisty newcomer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DAVID FARQUHAR &#8211; RING ROUND THE MOON Sonatina &#8211; piano (1960) / Three Pieces &#8211; violin and piano (1967) Black, White and Coloured &#8211; solo piano (selections &#8211; 1999/2002) Swan Songs for voice and guitar (1983) Dance Suite from &#8220;Ring Round the Moon&#8221; (1957 arr. 2002) Jian Liu (piano) / Martin Riseley (violin) Jenny Wollerman <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2018/02/two-resounding-recordings-from-rattle-classics-and-a-feisty-newcomer/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>At last! Michael Houstoun&#8217;s Beethoven recordings for Rattle reach the Diabelli Variations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; BEETHOVEN &#8211; Diabelli Variations (33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli Op.120) Michael Houstoun (piano) Rattle CD RAT D070 2017 Early in 1819, Anton Diabelli, who was a music publisher in Vienna, and something of a dilettante composer, wrote a waltz, and invited all of the leading composers of the time in and <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2017/10/at-last-houstouns-beethoven-recordings-for-rattle-reach-the-diabelli-variations/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michael Houstoun&#8217;s Beethoven on Rattle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEETHOVEN &#8211; The Piano Sonatas Michael Houstoun (piano) Rattle RAT DO48 2014 Recording published by Rattle, a division of Victoria University Press 2014 (supported by Sir James Wallace and The Wallace Arts Trust) (reviewed December 2014) With his recently-released set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas recorded for Rattle Records, Michael Houstoun joins a select <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2014/12/michael-houstouns-beethoven-on-rattle/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yvette Audain and friends &#8220;in the groove&#8221; &#8211; a new CD</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Mechen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[YVETTE AUDAIN GROOVES UNSPOKEN Featuring Yvette Audain (saxophone) With: Hong Yul Yang (piano) Katherine Hebley (&#8216;cello) Damon Key (soprano sax) Donald Nicholls (tenor sax) Nicola Haddock (baritone sax) Zyia-Li Teh (tenor sax) Andrew Uren (baritone sax) Anthony Young (conductor, &#8220;bulletproof petals&#8221;) Tracks: Grooves Unspoken / Hazine (Treasure) / Meditations upon Nasreddin Hoca Hold Fast / <a class="read-more" href="https://middle-c.org/2014/10/yvette-audain-and-friends-in-the-groove-a-new-cd/">Read More</a>]]></description>
		
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