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Review of G WILLIAMS 'Songs - Y Deryn Pur; Lights Out; Cariad Cyntaf'

G WILLIAMS 'Songs - Y Deryn Pur; Lights Out; Cariad Cyntaf'

Grace Williams’s reputation has, for many years, been predicated on her abilities as an instrumental composer, notably the two works...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2024

Review of S S WESLEY Sacred Choral Music

S S WESLEY Sacred Choral Music

This significant and highly enjoyable release offers a generous cross-section of both well-known and hitherto neglected repertory by, arguably, the...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2024

Review of VECCHI Le veglie di Siena

VECCHI Le veglie di Siena

Orazio Vecchi had two stints as maestro di cappella at the cathedral in his native Modena, although early in his...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024

Review of SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien

SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien

As Fabrice Fitch explained in his Gramophone Collection in the last issue, there is already an extensive discography for Heinrich...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 08/2024

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Review of A SCARLATTI Prima d’esservi infedele: Cantatas for Solo Voice with Violins

A SCARLATTI Prima d’esservi infedele: Cantatas for Solo Voice with Violins

Alessandro Scarlatti composed more than 800 cantatas, so it is little wonder that these four for soprano voice, two violins...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024

Review of Go, Lovely Rose: Songs of Roger Quilter (James Gilchrist)

Go, Lovely Rose: Songs of Roger Quilter (James Gilchrist)

‘The songs of Roger Quilter seem to have been with me all my life’, James Gilchrist tells us in a...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2024

Review of BONONCINI 'How the Mighty are Fallen' - Choral Music

BONONCINI 'How the Mighty are Fallen' - Choral Music

A few of Bononcini’s sacred works copied in English 18th-century manuscripts can be connected to their use in concerts by...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2024

Review of Mischa Levitzki: The Complete HMV Recordings

Mischa Levitzki: The Complete HMV Recordings

APR first issued this iconic collection in 1992 (APR7020, 6/92). It was a revelation for many pianophiles who had either...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2024

Review of Rebeca Omordia: African Pianism Vol 2

Rebeca Omordia: African Pianism Vol 2

The second volume of Rebeca Omordia’s ‘African Pianism’ proves as much of a revelation as the first (5/22). The opening...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2024

Review of STOCKHAUSEN Mantra (GrauSchumacher Piano Duo)

STOCKHAUSEN Mantra (GrauSchumacher Piano Duo)

Whether or not he would admit it, playing jazz piano in the cafés of post-war Cologne left its mark on...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2024

 

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