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LEONARDA A Portrait of Isabella Leonarda

Anna Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) entered an Ursuline convent in the Piedmontese city of Novara at the age of 16 and...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2022

HANDEL Theodora (Emelyanychev)

‘The generality of the world have ears and hear not’, wrote Handel’s friend Mary Delany of the failure of Theodora...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2022

HANDEL 'Sweet Stillness' Nine German Arias

The Nine German Arias occupy a special niche in Handel’s wide and wondrous output. With texts by Barthold Heinrich Brockes...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2022

CRISTO Magnificat. Marian Antiphons. Missa Salve regina

It is a deep pleasure to hear this ensemble flourish. Since winning the 2019 Gramophone Early Music Award it has...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2022

BRAHMS Complete Liebeslieder Walzer. Hungarian Dances

Brahms’s hearty Liebeslieder Waltzes offer two distinct experiences: soloists relaxing with charming, intelligent music without great technical demands, and choruses...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2022

Barbara Hannigan: Sehnsucht - Berg & Mahler

Has anyone else directed Mahler’s Fourth Symphony while singing the finale from the podium? Surely not … but the present...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2022

Rarities of Piano Music from the 2021 & 2022 Festivals at Schloss vor Husum

The annual album of piano rarities from the previous year’s eponymous festival in Husum is always cause for celebration. Dedicated...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2022

Bach and Expression (Daniel Moult, Martin Schmeding)

In my youth, senior organists who had grown up in the pre-war era would often enquire apropos a player in...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2022

Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Tamara Stefanovich : Visions

The majestic textural landscape, rich harmonic palette, wide dynamic contrasts and cosmic breadth characterising Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen best lend...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2022

Joby Burgess: A Percussionist's Songbook

Listening to percussionist Joby Burgess is like a musical shot in the arm. His recordings are so full of vibrant...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2022

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