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O Gemma Clarissima: Music in praise of St Catherine

St Catharine of Alexandria, blessed patron saint of (among others) scholars, girls, wheelwrights and hat-makers, the ‘brightest jewel’ herself, is...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW2019

Magnificat (Nethsingha)

He may be a church music insider, but while Andrew Nethsingha has been advancing the 70-year-old qualities embodied by this...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW2019

SCHUBERT Winterreise (Bostridge & Adès)

It’s over 15 years since Ian Bostridge released his EMI recording of Schubert’s final song-cycle and the intervening years have...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2019

SCHUBERT Schwanengesang BRAHMS Vier Ernste Gesänge (Finley & Drake)

Gerald Finley is never an artist, one feels, to let himself be rushed, allowing his interpretations to mellow and mature...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2019

RAUTAVAARA Vigilia

Rautavaara’s All-Night Vigil was written for two services at Helsinki’s Orthodox Cathedral, the first on August 29, 1971, the feast...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW2019

PURCELL Royal Welcome for King Charles II Vol 2

Harry Christophers presents two odes (neither of them ‘Welcome Songs for Charles II’), three diverse sacred anthems, a couple of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2019

PÄRT Sacred Choral Works LISZT Via Crucis

This is, on the surface, a decidedly odd coupling of works. The disc begins with a series of four pieces...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW2019

HEGGIE "Woman, the making of..."

‘Woman: the making of …’. Intriguing title. And it takes its cue from Jake Heggie’s very first commission – written...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW2019

HANDEL Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate

It can be forgotten that Handel’s rapid ascent in London happened during the final years of Queen Anne, the last...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2019

GESUALDO Madrigals

One of the highlights of Exaudi’s recent Finnissy disc (1/19) was a cycle based on Gesualdo’s later madrigals. The ensemble’s...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW2019

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