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Review of FUCHS Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Wilson)

FUCHS Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Wilson)

This issue marks the first foray into contemporary repertoire by John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London. The four works...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2023

Review of Juliet Fraser: What of Words and What of Song

Juliet Fraser: What of Words and What of Song

At a difficult time for UK new music (the much-loved contemporary ensemble Psappha depressingly having taken the decision to close...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 09/2023

Review of Lawrence Brownlee: Rising

Lawrence Brownlee: Rising

American tenor Lawrence Brownlee’s new recording is a very personal project – a disc with a mission. ‘Rising’, in the...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2023

Review of Benjamin Appl: Forbidden Fruit

Benjamin Appl: Forbidden Fruit

This is not the first concept album based around the original sin in the Garden of Eden. It’s not even...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 09/2023

Review of Robyn Allegra Parton: Burnished Gold

Robyn Allegra Parton: Burnished Gold

It is refreshing to encounter a singer – Robyn Allegra Parton – whose gifts of curation are it would seem...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 09/2023

Review of R STRAUSS Lieder (Thomas Laske)

R STRAUSS Lieder (Thomas Laske)

The name of the German baritone Thomas Laske is new to me, as indeed is that of his superb partner...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 09/2023

Review of SELLE Johannes Passion (Adamske) ROLLE Lukas-Passion (Willens)

SELLE Johannes Passion (Adamske) ROLLE Lukas-Passion (Willens)

These two Lutheran Passions from opposite ends of the Baroque spectrum show how approaches to setting the gospel accounts of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 09/2023

Review of SAARIAHO Reconnaissance: Choral Music

SAARIAHO Reconnaissance: Choral Music

The death of Kaija Saariaho, so soon after the first London performances of her opera Innocence and the BBC/Barbican ‘Total...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 09/2023

Review of PALESTRINA Masses Vol 9 (Christophers)

PALESTRINA Masses Vol 9 (Christophers)

This series has for some time been pointing towards a more sensuous, sensitive Palestrina than many of us expected. Poor...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 09/2023

Review of MORALES Missa Mille regretz. Missa Desilde al cavallero

MORALES Missa Mille regretz. Missa Desilde al cavallero

This is the Cambridge-based ensemble De Profundis, founded in 2011, as opposed to the older ensembles of the same name...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 09/2023


 

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