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CORELLI Concerti grossi Op 6 (Alessandro Tampieri)
From the outset these 12 concertos have always been beyond borders – created for diverse occasions in Rome, revised by...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2024
CHAUSSON; FRANCK Symphonies (Tingaud)
‘The sound of groaning cellos’ was how Stéphane Mallarmé evoked the Paris home of Ernest Chausson, though he might simply...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024
BRUCKNER Symphony No 3 (Roth)
When Leopold Nowak’s edition of the original 1873 version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony was published in 1977, there was hope...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2024
BERLIN 1923 - Beethoven & Schulhoff: Piano Concertos (Herbert Schuch)
A decade ago Herbert Schuch recorded Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the WDR SO, coupling it with the Piano Concerto...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2024
Behzod Abduraimov: Shadows of My Ancestors
Visual art and literature are at the core of the three piano cycles featured on Behzod Abduraimov’s latest solo release...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2024
Perseverance
Two things are likely to strike you listening to ‘Perseverance’, Marcus Eley’s new release of African American chamber music. First...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2024
WEININGER All is Mere Breath
The Empire City Men’s Chorus deliver a poignant and powerful rendition of Nicholas Weininger’s nine-movement cantata, a heartfelt homage to...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2024
MIKHASHOFF Songs and Dances
Yvar Mikhashoff (1941 93) was best known as a pianist who championed contemporary music in big ways. He thought nothing...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2024
GLANCEY Ashes to Impulse
The road towards recognition has been a somewhat slow and circuitous one for Gregory T Glancey. Indeed, one of the...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2024
Diana Damrau: Operette - Wien, Berlin, Paris
Operetta recitals by star soloists have a long, if patchy, pedigree. Now Diana Damrau steps up, and it needs to...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2024
WAGNER Siegfried (Rattle)
Individual elements of this Siegfried live up to the high standards set by the previous instalments of the BRSO/Rattle concert...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2024
RIMSKY KORSAKOV Christmas Eve (Weigle)
It’s the night before Christmas, and while the villagers of Dikanka gossip and drink vodka, the Devil is up to...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 01/2024
DONIZETTI La Favorite (Frizza)
Filmed at the 2022 Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, this new Favorite is at once imperfect and significant: imperfect because there...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2024
DELIBES Lakmé (Pichon)
Familiarity can breed contempt, but for the Opéra-Comique and Delibes’s Lakmé, it’s a case of ‘trust the experts’. A work...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 01/2024
Jakub Józef Orlinski: Beyond
Beyond – what exactly? Boundaries? Highlights? Expectations? Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński's latest recording wants to test all these limits...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2024
WEELKES 'Gentleman Extraordinary'
Described as ‘Ireland’s premiere project choir’, Resurgam make their first commercial recording in collaboration with The English Cornett and Sackbut...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 01/2024
SCHUBERT Lieder with Orchestra (Benjamin Appl)
‘Are orchestral versions of Schubert’s lieder really necessary?’ asks Benjamin Appl at the start of his booklet note. It’s a...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2024
SACCHINI L'abbandono delle ricchezze di S. Filippo Neri
Born in 1730, Antonio Sacchini was a full generation older than Mozart, but his sacred drama written for Lent in...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2024
POULENC Stabat Mater (Romano)
Founded in 2005, Mathieu Romano’s 17-strong Ensemble Aedes are vocal shapeshifters, slipping seamlessly from opera chorus to chamber choir. French...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2024
PEPUSCH Chandos Anthems
Handel was not the only musical visitor at Cannons, the country estate of James Brydges (the Earl of Carnarvon, later...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2024
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