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EBEN In Heaven

An entire disc running close to an hour devoted to pieces for girls’ chorus, either a cappella or accompanied by...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2019

HANDEL Dixit Dominus BACH; SCHÜTZ Motets

Showing that Toronto is not the only Canadian city capable of producing superb period ensembles, the Ottawa Bach Choir, conducted...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2019

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Repast Baroque Ensemble)

The Repast Baroque Ensemble members approached arranging Bach’s Goldberg Variations by first singing through the score and then trying out...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2019

The Young Debussy

This film records François-Xavier Roth’s first concert as principal guest conductor of the LSO, after some years working together on...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019

American Recorder Concertos

Danish recorder doyenne Michala Petri turns to America for the latest instalment in her international concerto series, and it’s a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2019

Mari Samuelsen: Mari

Don’t be deceived by the slick packaging, stylised poses, smug self-titling, bland booklet notes and banal, FM-friendly musical contents of...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2019

WEIGL Symphony No 1. Pictures and Tales (Bruns)

Born in 1881, Karl Weigl received lessons from Zemlinsky as a teenager, studied alongside Webern at the University of Vienna,...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2019

The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann

Three cheers to Chandos and their house team of conductor Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic for flying the flag...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 08/2019

RICHTER The Four Seasons Recomposed

Max Richter’s recomposition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons may not have been met with unanimous critical approval when its premiere...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2019

SAINT-SAËNS; WIDOR Organ Symphonies (Jacobson)

Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony has long been a showcase both for engineering prowess and for the capabilities of one’s hi-fi kit....

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2019

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