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CLEVE Missa Rex Babylonis (Cinquecento)

Since their inception, Cinquecento have shone a light on the Imperial Habsburg court, which hitherto had warranted barely a metaphorical...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2020

BONONCINI La Conversione Di Maddalena (La Venexiana)

Before Bononcini joined Handel writing operas for London’s King’s Theatre during the 1720s, the highly esteemed Modenese composer, cellist and...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2020

BEETHOVEN Lieder & Folksongs (Ian Bostridge)

We could do a lot worse in the Beethoven year than listen more to his songs. Too easily overlooked, they...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2020

KERNIS Color Wheel

Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony heroically meet the challenges of two large orchestral works by Aaron Jay Kernis that...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 08/2020

JERUSALEM Mass in G

Despite the Spanish form of his name, Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707 69) was Italian, born Ignazio Gerusalemme in Lecce. Like...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2020

DANIELPOUR The Passion of Yeshua

Richard Danielpour is a composer of prolific accomplishment. He has contributed to the realms of concert and operatic music with...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 08/2020

ABEL The Cave of Wondrous Voice

The title of this new disc of chamber music by Mark Abel comes from a song-cycle set to texts by...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 08/2020

Sybarite5: Live from New York

For those unfamiliar with Sybarite5, they are a cutting-edge string quintet comprising the traditional quartet line-up plus double bass. Based...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2020

Saint Louis Premieres

The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus stand out for many reasons, among them a mellifluous approach to ensemble-singing that benefits everything...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 07/2020

And That One Too (Sandbox Percussion)

Sandbox Percussion, an ensemble based in New York, have been expanding the repertoire for their vast array of instruments since...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 07/2020

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