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MAYR Requiem

German-born but Italian trained, Simon Mayr was in his early fifties when he turned in earnest to the composition of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2016

MARTIN Missa

Released to mark the 10th anniversary of the Frauenkirche’s reconsecration, this album effectively functions as a showcase for the talents...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016

LASSUS Biographie musicale, Vol 5

For this final instalment in its multinational Lassus series, Musique en Wallonie turns to the Gramophone Award-winning ensemble Vox Luminis....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2016

LALO Complete Songs

Édouard Lalo wrote some 23 songs between 1848 and 1887, a significant contribution to his smallish but invariably distinguished output....

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2016

HANDEL Duetti e Terzetti italiani

These seldom-recorded duets and trios are masterpieces of miniature form. La Risonanza’s latest Handelian foray includes a sublime rendition of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2016

DUKAS Cantates, choeurs et musique symphonique

The latest release in Palazetto Bru Zane’s Prix de Rome series focuses on Paul Dukas, music’s ultimate perfectionist, whose experience...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2016

Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Recital at La Monnaie

We are lucky that Anthony Rolfe Johnson left such a durable legacy of recordings, but new additions are still welcome....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 02/2016

SCULTHORPE Island Songs EDWARDS Full Moon Dances

Sydney-born, London-based classical saxophonist Amy Dickson’s latest release is a terrific musical tribute to her home country, comprising premiere recordings...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2016

Les Éléments: Tempêtes, orages et fêtes marines

They hadn’t heard of global warming in the time of Rebel, Marais and Rameau, and to come across this two-disc...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2016

VASKS Cello Concerto No 2, Presence. The Book

The Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (who turns 70 this April) first encountered the Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta when he accepted...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2016

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