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The Liberation of the Gothic

Given the seeming reluctance of continental ensembles to tackle early Tudor polyphony, one must applaud Graindelavoix for taking on a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2018

Himmelsmusik

L’Arpeggiata are the ensemble with the curl in the middle of their forehead: when they are good they are very,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2018

Juan Diego Flórez: Bésame Mucho

The most successful numbers on Juan Diego Flórez’s previous album of popular Latin American songs (Decca, 10/06) were the handful...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2018

TULEV Magnificat

The Estonian Toivo Tulev (b1958) is one of the most intriguing figures currently working in a country that is not...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2018

SCHUBERT Swansong (Tomlinson)

I was a little guarded perhaps in my reaction to Signum’s release of ‘Winter Journey’ (5/18), and for ‘Swan Song’...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 11/2018

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Kožená, Skelton)

It’s amazing to think that Simon Rattle’s previous recording of Mahler’s late, great symphony of song dates from over two...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 11/2018

LISZT Complete Songs Vol 5

Julius Drake’s survey of Liszt’s complete songs reaches its fifth volume with a recital by Allan Clayton, carefully tailored to...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2018

JOSQUIN Gaudeamus; L'ami Baudichon

The musical importance of Josquin Desprez (c1450/55-1521) cannot be overstated, yet several of his Masses are still not well represented...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 11/2018

FINNISSY Choralvorspiele. Andersen-Lierderkreis

Mark Knoop (as soloist in the Choralvorspiele) and soprano Juliet Fraser team up in two recent cycles by Michael Finnissy,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2018

ENESCU Strigoii (Bebeşelea)

Somewhere in the mists of legend, but not far from the eastern reaches of the Danube, a king enlists a...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2018

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