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STANFORD Requiem (Brabbins)

While much of Stanford’s large-scale music suffered increasing neglect after his death in 1924, his Requiem, commissioned for the Birmingham...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2023

SCHUBERT Schwanengesang (Andreas Bauer Kanabas)

Many artists have had lockdown projects, but few can have been as fundamental as Andreas Bauer Kanabas’s. As the German...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2023

SCHUBERT Elysium (Carolyn Sampson)

Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton are recording so much these days that it’s hard to find a new vocal disc...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 06/2023

SCARLATTI Dixit Dominus. Mass (Monks)

We know very little of Francesco Scarlatti, whose reputation has always been overshadowed by those of his elder brother Alessandro...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2023

OBRECHT Missa Maria Zart

It was described by my colleague Fabrice Fitch as ‘one of Renaissance music’s hidden gems’, but I think it’s now...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 06/2023

LIGETI Complete Works for a cappella Choir

Tying in with the composer’s centenary, this new double album of Ligeti’s a cappella choral music vies with the classic...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 06/2023

HANDEL; BLOW Coronation Anthems

Two albums of anthems written for the coronations of English kings, recorded in late 2022 for release on April 28,...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2023

DOVE In Exile

In Exile was recorded live at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in December 2021 as part of the CBSO’s centenary celebrations. The...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 06/2023

BYRD 1589: Songs of sundrie natures

Reviewing these ensembles’ recording of Byrd’s 1588 Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs (6/21), I wondered whether they intended to survey all...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2023

ANTOGNINI 'Come to me in the silence of the night'

When it comes to choral music in Britain, are there more powerful kingmakers than Stephen Layton and The Choir of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 06/2023

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