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PALESTRINA Missa Iam Christus Astra Ascenderat

The Sixteen’s Palestrina series marches on, following a formula now firmly established in earlier instalments: a Mass, a hymn, a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2014

HAYDN The Creation

For obvious commercial...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 09/2014

HANDEL Jeptha

Jephtha (1752) dramatises the folly, pride and penitence of the Hebrew general who rashly vows to Jehovah that if his...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2014

MESSIAEN Poèmes pour Mi DELBOS L'Âme en Bourgeon

Messiaen’s song-cycle Poèmes pour Mi and his first wife Claire Delbos’s L’âme en bourgeon were premiered in the same Paris...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2014

BERLIOZ La Captive

The trend towards casting Berlioz with lighter voices, often with singers more seasoned in chronologically earlier repertoire, takes a fruitful...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis

Where Beethoven’s Missa solemnis is concerned, only the big beasts of the musical jungle need apply. Georg Solti was one...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 09/2014

Végh in Hungary

In my experience there are only two conductors who could have delivered these pungent, characterful and lovingly played performances, Pablo...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2014

Horizon 5

In this latest collection of RCO commissions or co-commissions, the two longest works – by Kaija Saariaho and Detlev Glanert...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 09/2014

SHCHEDRIN Concerto Parlando TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

It’s always rewarding to encounter a musician of the calibre and risk-taking flair of Philippe Graffin. Rest assured, there are...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2014

Ballet Music

This partnership’s debut recording of French repertoire for Pentatone (7/14) left a most favourable impression, which is now enhanced further...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2014

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