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FREDDI Vespers

The Gonzaga Band explore remoter byways of early 17th-century north Italian music with this assortment of sacred pieces by Amadio...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2019

DEBUSSY Nocturnes DURUFLÉ Requiem

For two works so diametrically opposed in feeling, philosophy and belief, these marvellous pieces sit well together. They also appear...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW2019

DENNEHY The Hunger

Donnacha Dennehy may have moved to the US in 2014, where he joined the music faculty at Princeton University, but...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW2019

Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Mer(s)

Water-wings and sea legs are required for Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s new disc, an enterprising Anglo-French programme of works inspired by the...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW2019

BLOW; PURCELL Countertenor duets (Davies & Hall)

This latest disc from The King’s Consort on the independent Vivat label is absolutely on point: with two wonderfully matched...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: AW2019

BIBER Missa Salisburgensis LULLY Te Deum

This performance comes not from the chapel at Versailles but from the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome, presented...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW2019

JS BACH Cantatas and Arias for Bass (Dominik Wörner)

The billing looked promising. Dominik Wörner is a seasoned Bach specialist and Alfredo Bernardini’s Zefiro are among the most spirited...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2019

Janina Fialkowska: Les sons et les parfums...

Not since her 1998 album ‘La Jongleuse’ (CBC) have we had the pleasure of hearing Janina Fialkowska in a mixed-repertoire...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW2019

Love? Homage to Clara Schumann (Yaara Tal)

For lovers of the obscure and arcane, this programme could hardly be bettered. Who has ever heard of Julie von...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2019

Andrew Tyson: Landscapes

The headstrong temperament characterising Andrew Tyson’s previous two albums (3/15, 6/17) reaches affettuoso heights throughout his latest release. He can’t...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019

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