Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Song recitals don’t come much more eclectic than this. In the booklet interview Christianne Stotijn reveals her fascination with the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2015
This year’s quincentenary of the accession of King Francis I is being commemorated by a number of ensembles. This impressive...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 07/2015
It is tempting to speculate about what kind of music Charles II heard at his coronation at Westminster Abbey on...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2015
Lorin Maazel made his Proms debut with this work back in 1969, the first live performance of the score that...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015
This isn’t the first time that American choir Conspirare has gone head-to-head with Britain’s own Tenebrae. Last year the former’s...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2015
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and their Finnish conductor, Heikki Seppänen, have left no musical stone unturned in their quest...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2015
Divining the intention behind Shostakovich’s cantatas is a favourite game for commentators. Hackwork carried out with a minimum of commitment?...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07
Wolfgang Rihm originally conceived Et lux for the four voices of the all-male Hilliard Ensemble and the Arditti String Quartet,...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2015
The Christian Magnificat and the Jewish Kaddish are, you might think, completely different kinds of religious text. Yet judging by...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2015
As 80th-birthday presents go, this handsomely produced tribute to Arvo Pärt will take some surpassing. Recorded in 2012 and 2014,...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2015
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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