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RYPDAL Melodic Warrior. And the Sky was Coloured with Waterfalls and Angels

Terje Rypdal (b1947) is hard to pin down stylistically. His roots are in jazz (as trumpeter and guitarist) but, like...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2014

RACHMANINOV All-Night Vigil

Having been thoroughly bowled over by the Latvian Radio Choir’s luxurious 2011 recording of this choral masterpiece – a Gramophone...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2014

MOZART Litaniae Lauretanae. Vesperae de Domini. Waisenhausmesse

The choristers of New College, Oxford, ranging in age from nine to 13, ‘cheerfully state the obvious truth that we...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2014

MARAZZOLI Occhi Belli, Occhi Neri

The renowned Parmesan harpist and tenor Marco Marazzoli (c1605-1662) benefited from the patronage of Cardinal Antonio Barberini, whose family secured...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2014

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde BUSONI Berceuse élégiaque

The real hero of this somewhat disappointing account of Mahler’s valedictory ‘symphony with voices’ is the Tonhalle Orchestra. In spacious,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2014

BRUNEAU Requiem

The fact that Alfred Bruneau (1857-1934) studied with Massenet and had ripe operatic instincts is something that can scarcely...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2014

JS BACH St John Passion

The opening chorus of any St John Passion will tell you much about the rest of the performance and here...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2014

APERGHIS Wölfli-Kantata

The outsider art of Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930), the Swiss-German autodidact who spent his entire adult life in an asylum, has...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 04/2014

ADAMS The Gospel According to the other Mary

The Other Mary is Mary Magdalene. We may know her as the (supposedly) reformed prostitute who washed Jesus’s feet with...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2014

Christophe Pantillon: French Cello Solo Works after 1945

This disc may sound suspiciously like a gimmick by which to group together some hard-to-place niche repertoire but Christophe Pantillon’s...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 04/2014

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