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Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway
You have reached a certain status as a singer when you are granted a ‘Christmas With’ album. As far back...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2023
TORMIS Reminiscentiae
This collection comprises a number of Veljo Tormis’s choral pieces, as one might expect, but the central work is the...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2023
Schubert in English Vol 4
These are new translations by Jeremy Sams, commissioned by Christopher Glynn for a modern English-speaking audience. They flow naturally with...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 12/2023
PICKARD Mass in Troubled Times (Brabbins)
Top billing on the front cover of this latest BIS release devoted to John Pickard goes to his 2018 Mass...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2023
JOSQUIN I. Motets & chansons
Billed as ‘a new sound for Josquin’, Cut Circle have plenty of revolutionary zeal. But don’t let that put you...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2023
HANDEL Messiah (Fagioli; Nelson)
Two Messiahs recorded at the end of last year, and ready for Christmas this. Both, too, were done in large...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2023
CHILCOTT Christmas Oratorio (Nicholas)
From Schütz, JS Bach and Charpentier onwards, many composers have drawn inspiration from the Christmas narratives contained in the St...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2023
CAZZATI Motets (Ono; Borgioni)
There has been a spate of Cazzati anthologies this year. Barring the odd appearance in collections (think of the Gabrieli...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2023
BYRD Sacred Works (Filsell)
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, on New York’s Fifth Avenue, counts as one of the leading Anglican...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/2023
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis (Savall)
Jordi Savall’s pacing of the Missa encompasses splendour as well as vigour. It is a minute or two longer than...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2023
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