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I decided to review Moonkyung Lee’s mixed programme blind, listening and responding without knowing the composers’ identities beforehand. The opening...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2018

if there were water: MINAKAKIS Crossings Cycle

The Crossing, a chamber choir based in Philadelphia, goes where other such ensembles might fear to tread. Led by Donald...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2018

Fantasie: Music for Violin & Harp (Aurora Duo)

The repertoire for violin and harp is small, but on this engaging disc – a reissue from 1998 – the...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2018

J ROSE Ineffable Tales

John Alan Rose (b1972) is an American composer-pianist, not to be confused with the older British composers John Rose (b1928,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2018

HARBISON Symphony No 4 STUCKY Concerto No 2

This appears to be the second time on CD that David Alan Miller pairs John Harbison and the late Steven...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2018

DAUGHERTY Dreamachine. Trail of Tears

Michael Daugherty (b1954) has 20 concertos to his name and this highly enjoyable Naxos disc draws together three of his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2018

Victoria Bond: Soul of a Nation

At a time when presidential character has become a focus of international debate, Victoria Bond’s optimistic quartet of narrated musical...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2018

Solitude (Dudok Quartet)

Creating a concept quartet album takes more than simply giving it a title. But this is something of a speciality...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2018

Life Force

Don’t judge this disc by its cover. The artwork is the usual moody monochrome of a young soloist in a...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2018

An English Sett for Trumpet

The premise of Jonathan Freeman-Attwood and Daniel-Ben Pienaar’s latest reimagining of the music of the past for modern trumpet and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2018

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