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BEETHOVEN 'The Middle Quartets' (Calidore Quartet)

Any new recording of Beethoven’s quartets will provoke argument. Preconceptions inevitably play their part. What cannot be denied is the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2024

Saint Louis Reflections

The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus’s eighth recording for Regent showcases 11 commissions from the past 15 years, all receiving their...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024

Nicole Keller: Those Americans

A warm welcome to this collection of organ rarities, played with outstanding advocacy by Nicole Keller on the sonically exciting...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2024

RUNESTAD A Dream so Bright

Jake Runestad addresses two major issues in the choral works on this new album: post-traumatic stress disorder and the plight...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2024

Ochre

The Crossing is an ensemble devoted to repertoire that expands the possibilities of vocal music even as it challenges the...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2024

DAVIDSON Barefoot

In her booklet notes and interviews, Tina Davidson puts an emphasis on the introspective nature of these five beautifully written...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2024

ERKIN; RAVEL; SCHULHOFF String Quartets

Bravo first of all to the Klenke Quartet for having the imagination to pair the Ravel String Quartet neither with...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 09/2024

Aigul Akhmetshina: Aigul

Only in her late 20s, Russian-born Aigul Akhmetshina has caused a considerable stir of late after what can only be...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2024

MEYERBEER Le Prophète (Elder)

The 21st-century Meyerbeer revival – much talked about, not all that tangible – is so far bearing more fruit on...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 09/2024

LULLY Armide (Dumestre)

Like Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique are working their way through the operas...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 09/2024

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