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MENDELSSOHN Choral Works (MDR Leipzig Radio Choir)

The 70-odd singers of the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and the city’s Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche provide an authoritative ‘home’ response to a...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2023

MAHLER Kindertotenlieder. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Rückert Lieder (Satrah Connoly)

Sarah Connolly caresses the opening phrase of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with a welcome dignity, and her voice retains its warmth and...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2023

MACHAUT 'The Fount of Grace'

In the penultimate instalment of their Machaut series, The Orlando Consort tackle a pinnacle of the composer’s output, the Lay...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2023

LOEWE Jan Hus

Although Carl Loewe’s reputation today lies within his prodigious output of songs and ballads, his long career as a church...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2023

HINDEMITH Das Marienleben

Glenn Gould might have argued passionately in favour of the original 1923 version of Hindemith’s Marienleben but it’s the heavily...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 10/2023

HANDEL L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55

Milton’s companion poems expositing Mirth and Melancholy were adapted by James Harris and Charles Jennens into a libretto that presents...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2023

GOSSWIN Selected Works

At the risk of invoking Thomas Beecham, I absolutely love the sound this ensemble make, especially the clarity and agility...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 10/2023

FRASER-SIMSON 'Enchanted Places'

Now for something completely different. The recording takes its title from The Enchanted Places, the 1974 memoir by Christopher Milne,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2023

CHAMINADE 'Saisons d'Amour'

Popular in her lifetime, then ignored for decades, Cécile Chaminade’s mélodies have edged their way back into the repertory of...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2023

The Honour of William Byrd (Helen Charlston)

A collection of Byrd consort songs with Helen Charlston has been a major desideratum since she first hit the headlines...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 10/2023

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