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Eastertide Evensong (Nethsingha)

Andrew Nethsingha mentions in the booklet that he has clocked up an estimated 8000 Evensongs in his life. As a...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2022

Anna Prohaska: Celebration of Life in Death

As musical responses to the pandemic go, this is a bold one. While today’s careful, not to say squeamish prevailing...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 06/2022

WILBYE 'Draw On Sweet Night'

It’s four decades since The Consort of Musicke devoted an entire programme to John Wilbye (L’Oiseau-Lyre, 7/82), and the title...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2022

VERDI Requiem (Noseda)

For the first release in its digital-only Verbier Festival Gold series, featuring live recordings from the swanky Swiss festival, DG...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2022

SCHOECK Elegy Op 36 (Christian Gerhaher)

Othmar Schoeck wrote over 400 songs, and Elegie (1921‑22) is arguably his finest achievement in the genre. Like so many...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2022

ROSSINI Stabat mater (Gimeno)

Rossini’s Stabat mater is one of the glories of the composer’s output from his long post-retirement phrase. Its composition spanned...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2022

F & F MENDELSSOHN Arias. Lieder. Overtures (Chen Reiss)

The chic waltz song ‘Italien’ became something of a popular hit after Mendelssohn published it in his Op 8 collection....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2022

MARTIN Requiem. JANÁCEK Otčenáš (our Father)

Recordings of Frank Martin’s Requiem are not exactly abundant, so this one is very welcome, particularly since this coupling places...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2022

HEINICHEN Dresden Vespers

Unlike his close contemporary Telemann, Johann David Heinichen actually finished his law degree at Leipzig University before switching to a...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2022

JS BACH Cantatas BWV 51, 82 & 84 (Miriam Feuersinger)

In 1731 Bach transposed Ich habe genug up to E minor for soprano and reassigned the oboe part to flute....

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2022

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