Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Mozart seldom put pen to music paper without a confirmed commission, but one notable exception is the Singspiel he started...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2016
Its Roman theme notwithstanding, this particular programme has been designed with an eye to the market: Renaissance Masses don’t come...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2016
The enterprising L’Escadron Volant de la Reine have devised a programme of Lamentations for Holy Week by three composers associated...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2016
Last year the premiere recording by Cappella Romana under Alexander Lingas of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week for chorus attracted a...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2016
The exciting partnership between the Sistine Chapel Choir and Deutsche Grammophon continues to deliver atmospheric and thought-provoking performances of Palestrina’s...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 10/2016
‘Spectacle dansé en plein air’ is the genre title given by Grove to this macabre entertainment. In this first, sound-only...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2016
Unlike Palestrina, Lassus didn’t devote an entire publication to the Song of Songs, that book of the Bible whose origins...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2016
Isaac just might be described as the 15th century’s answer to Telemann, his output vast and versatile but uneven. This...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2016
A quick glance down the list of performers tells you all you need to know about Ensemble Marsyas. From leader...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 10/2016
We have no idea who commissioned the Dixit Dominus, where it was first performed or by whom; we only know...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2016
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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