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LAMBERT; WALTON Façades

Walton’s association with the Sitwells, who took the young composer under their familial wings in the 1920s after he left...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 07/2020

KREEK The Suspended Harp of Babel

Whenever I have heard Vox Clamantis in concert it has been an amazing experience. Their clarity, their precision, their sheer...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2020

JOMMELLI Missa pro Defunctis. Libera me. Miserere

The Requiem in E flat by Niccolò Jommelli (1714-74) became to the late 18th century what Mozart’s was to the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2020

HOLST The Cloud Messenger

Why, if you’re not the composer, would you arrange a large-scale score for much smaller forces? If it’s a question...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2020

HANDEL Messiah ... Refreshed!

The title ‘Messiah … Refreshed!’ is hype – this purposefully old-fashioned large-scale performance presents the version for modern symphony orchestra...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2020

ELGAR Sea Pictures. The Music Makers (Petrenko)

I was much taken with Kathryn Rudge’s contribution to Barry Wordsworth’s BBC CO anthology of orchestral songs by Elgar (Somm,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2020

BEETHOVEN A Chronological Odyssey (Cyprien Katsaris)

A column in the March 2020 issue of Gramophone’s stable companion International Piano quoted a whopping 709 different recordings already...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2020

Ismo Eskelinen: Kromos

A kind of study for his 2013 guitar concerto Transit, Kromos is Sebastian Fagerlund’s way of exploring his own and...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 07/2020

The Beethoven Connection (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has chosen a particularly happy way to celebrate Beethoven this year. Rather than more Beethoven, of which Bavouzet...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2020

Grigory Sokolov: Beethoven, Brahms & Mozart

Sometimes I think I’ve been unlucky with my experiences of Sokolov, so mixed have my impressions been from both live...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07/2020

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