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DVORÁK Stabat mater (version for soloists, choir and piano)

The timing given above is no misprint. Neither has Howard Arman made a Hervé Niquet-style dash through a score stained...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020

DOWLAND 'Whose heavenly touch'

When you think of the Argentinian soprano Mariana Flores you think of Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi, maybe even Frescobaldi. But Dowland?...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020

BRAHMS A German Requiem (1871 London Version. Lewis)

Contributions to the booklet from Katy Hamilton and the conductor Andrew Lewis make a persuasive case for this downsized, vernacular...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020

Sarah Bob: Nobody Move

Curated by Sarah Bob, the New Gallery Concert Series has been combining new music and visuals for the edification of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2020

Lucy Parham: I, Clara

Clara Schumann knew a thing or two about multitasking. As the mother of eight children by her husband Robert, she...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 01/2020

Nelson Freire: Encores

The idea of a studio disc of encores is a little odd, given that the essence of the genre is...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 01/2020

Arthur Ancelle & Ludmila Berlinskaya: B Like Britain

The first thing to note about this intriguing disc is the eye-catching cover: the two pianists pictured in front of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2020

American Rage: Copland, Rzewski, Wolfe (Conrad Tao)

The social and political issues informing the works and the programming concept of Conrad Tao’s latest release, ‘American Rage’, are...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020

WEINBERG Complete Sonatas for Solo Cello (Marina Tarasova)

The four sonatas for solo cello are the most immediately captivating of the series of 12 for solo string instruments...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2020

STEVENSON Piano Music, Vol 2 (Kenneth Hamilton)

Ronald Stevenson’s keyboard aesthetic mirrored his role models Ferruccio Busoni and Percy Grainger in several respects. One is that Stevenson...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2020

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