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Review: Cantatas of the Bach Family – Benjamin Appl, Reinhard Goebel

Leighton Jones - July 2, 2020February 5, 2026

Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Bach’s “Ich habe genug” and other Cantatas by members of the Bach family. Goebel conducts two world premieres orchestral pieces.

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Review: Bruckner, Stravinsky – Mass for Choir and Wind – Rundfunkchor Berlin

Leighton Jones - June 25, 2020February 3, 2026

Gijs Leenaars performs Bruckner and Stravinsky’s two Masses for choir and wind instruments, with the Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

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Review: Rimsky-Korsakov – Orchestral Works – Oslo Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko

Leighton Jones - June 16, 2020January 27, 2026

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral works – Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol and Russian Easter Festival Overture.

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Review: Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel – Urbański

Leighton Jones - June 11, 2020January 27, 2026

Krzysztof Urbanski and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra perform orchestral tone poems by Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, and Till Eulenspiegel.

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Review: Bach – Lute Suites – Sean Shibe, Guitar

Leighton Jones - June 1, 2020January 20, 2026

Sean Shibe performs two of Bach’s Lute Suites and the “Prelude, Fugue and Allegro” on classical guitar.

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Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto – Nicola Benedetti

Leighton Jones - May 27, 2020January 20, 2026

Nicola Benedetti perform Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski.

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Review: “The Wanderer” – Seong Jin-Cho Plays Schubert, Berg and Liszt

Leighton Jones - May 18, 2020January 16, 2026

Seong Jin-Cho performs Schubert’s “Wanderer Fantasy”, Berg’s Piano Sonata Op.1 and Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor.

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Review: Haydn – String Quartets Op. 20 – Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

Leighton Jones - May 11, 2020January 10, 2026

The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam present Haydn’s six String Quartets Op. 20 in two volumes.

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Review: “From Five Continents” – Penelope Thwaites

Leighton Jones - May 7, 2020January 10, 2026

Somm Recordings presents Choral music and songs by Penelope Thwaites, with soloists including Carolyn Sampson and James Gilchrist. Conduced by Jeffrey Skidmore.

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Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Stewart Goodyear

Leighton Jones - May 1, 2020January 9, 2026

Stewart Goodyear in a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Andrew Constantine.

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Leighton has extensive teaching experience from early years to postgraduate level music. Currently he works as a primary music specialist, visiting instrumental teacher and examiner. Leighton’s postgraduate studies focussed on his interest in 20th-century English orchestral music, with particular study of Britten, Rawsthorne, Walton and Vaughan Williams. A keen choral singer he has developed a comprehensive knowledge of chiefly British choral music.

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