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Merton College at 750

The simplest point...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 02/2014

Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart: Madrigali

The origin of term ‘madrigal’ is a matter of debate: it may be linked to the notion of the mother-tongue,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2014

Anne Sofie von Otter: Douce France

Like Edith Piaf,...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2014

Conductus Vol 2, Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France

This is the...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 02/2014

Vittorio Grigolo: Ave Maria

This Italian tenor has chosen a personal selection of sacred songs for his new album, many of which he learnt...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 02/2014

VERDI Requiem

As the Verdi bicentenary celebrations gently subside, this new Erato release offers the listener the best from a pair of...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2014

Wolfgang Holzmair & Imogen Cooper: Songs by Schumann & Reimann

Wolfgang Holzmair made his Wigmore Hall debut in 1989. He has recently retired from the recital platform, and this disc...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014

POULENC The Complete Songs Vol 4

Malcolm Martineau has been a constant in this Signum series of Poulenc songs and in this fourth volume his piano-playing...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2014

SCHNITTKE Concerto for Choir. Three Sacred Songs. Voices of Nature

Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir was written in 1985, the year Mikhail Gorbachev took office and two new words transferred into...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 02/2014

MOZART Concert Arias

Rolando Villazón may not be everyone’s idea of a Mozartian stylist. Yet as his survey of this neglected area of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2014

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