Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
This collection comprises a number of Veljo Tormis’s choral pieces, as one might expect, but the central work is the...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2023
These are new translations by Jeremy Sams, commissioned by Christopher Glynn for a modern English-speaking audience. They flow naturally with...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 12/2023
Top billing on the front cover of this latest BIS release devoted to John Pickard goes to his 2018 Mass...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2023
Billed as ‘a new sound for Josquin’, Cut Circle have plenty of revolutionary zeal. But don’t let that put you...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2023
Two Messiahs recorded at the end of last year, and ready for Christmas this. Both, too, were done in large...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2023
From Schütz, JS Bach and Charpentier onwards, many composers have drawn inspiration from the Christmas narratives contained in the St...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2023
There has been a spate of Cazzati anthologies this year. Barring the odd appearance in collections (think of the Gabrieli...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2023
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, on New York’s Fifth Avenue, counts as one of the leading Anglican...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/2023
Jordi Savall’s pacing of the Missa encompasses splendour as well as vigour. It is a minute or two longer than...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2023
Hot on the heels of the shortlisting of Rachel Podger’s ‘Tutta sola’ (Channel Classics, 1/23) in the Instrumental category of...
Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 12/2023
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
New releases celebrate iconic recordings, fresh discoveries and musical adventures across the...
WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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