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GROSZ; GUND 'Be Still my Heart'

You’d be forgiven for not knowing the names of Robert Gund (1865-1927) and Wilhelm Grosz (1894-1939). Gund (born Gound) was...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2025

BRUCKNER; GESUALDO Motets

They’re back, thank goodness; I’ve been missing the Monteverdi Choir of late. This is their first release on SDG since...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2025

JS BACH A Life in Music vol 2 - the Weimar Years

Whether in the wailing lamentation of Weinen, Klagen or the regal anticipation of the birth of Christ in Nun komm,...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 05/2025

JS BACH Mass in B Minor (Pichon)

Expectations of a Mass in B minor from Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon are considerable after a St Matthew Passion (4/22)...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 05/2025

JS BACH Easter Oratorio. Magnificat (McGegan)

There’s a good rattle and rumble to the opening of the Easter Oratorio on this new recording from the Berkeley-based...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2025

ARONSON Maybe Happy Ending

At a time when AI is all over the news and robotic ‘helpers’ are seen as both progressive and downright...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2025

ARNOLD Orchestral Works (Waldron)

Tucked away on this superbly planned disc sits a hidden gem, a tiny carol called This Christmas Night, finally receiving...

Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 05/2025

Ukraine: A Piano Portrait (Margaret Fingerhut)

Margaret Fingerhut has devoted much of her music-making towards supporting charitable causes in recent years, including a major 2019 recital...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2025

Jan Lisiecki: Preludes

In the booklet notes, the Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki states that part of his intent in devising a programme entirely...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2025

George Xiaoyuan Fu: Colouring Book

Before discussing George Xiaoyuan Fu’s interpretations of Debussy’s Études, I wish to comment upon the striking 21st-century piano works he...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2025

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