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HUMPERDINCK Königskinder (Albrecht)

There aren’t many operatic scores with the consistent beauty, embrace, virility and honesty of Königskinder that remain effectively outside the...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW23

Orpheus' Echo - A Carolignian Soundscape (Per-Sonat. Sabine Lutzenberger )

This is a rarity. With 174 pieces of two-voice music, the Winchester Troper is by far the world’s earliest substantial...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: AW23

SCHUBERT Winterreise (Richard Resch)

Regensburg-born tenor Richard Resch’s debut album – a selection of early Baroque cantatas from north Germany – received a warm...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW23

RACHMANINOV; TCHAIKOVSKY Romances (Piotr Beczala)

There are not many tenors who have recorded discs of Russian romances, so this new Pentatone release of Tchaikovsky and...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW23

MOZART Mass in C minor CPE BACH Heilig ist Gott

Choice in Mozart’s unfinished C minor Mass gets gradually more generous. For decades, the standard version of the score came...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW23

MENDELSSOHN Elias (Sawallisch)

A great Elijah should grab you even before the Overture – those sombre chords, that ringing proclamation. This recording, taken...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW23

MAGALHÃES Masses

Felipe de Magelhães was a fellow student at Évora of Duarte Lobo and Manuel Cardoso, whose names are possibly better...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW23

JONGEN Fêtes rouges: Intégrale des mélodies, Vol 2

The Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), who lived most of his life in Liège, is primarily known for his large-scale...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW23

Mirabilis - The Music of Stephen Hough

In September 2006 pianist and composer Stephen Hough overturned on the motorway at 80mph. He walked away from the accident...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW23

CESTI 'Insegnatemi a morire'

What is this voice? I first received this album on the road, so I put it on before looking at...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW23

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