DE MONTE Madrigals and Chansons
The focus on Josquin’s death-anniversary risks overlooking Philippe de Monte, 2021’s other quincentenarian. In past reviews I’ve tended to hedge...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2021
MANOURY lab.oratorium
The plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean becomes a new Raft of the Medusa in Philippe Manoury’s evening-length, mixed-media piece,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 08/2021
ISAAC Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen & other works (Cinquecento)
Heinrich Isaac (c1450-1517) is one of Josquin’s greatest contemporaries. He had a glittering career working for Lorenzo de’ Medici in...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 08/2021
ERLEBACH Lieder (Le Banquet Céleste)
Recordings of music by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach – the much-admired Kapellmeister of the court at Rudolstadt from 1681 to his...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2021
BERIO 'Berio to Sing' (Lucile Richardot)
It was only a matter of time before Les Cris de Paris got around to the Cries of London. In...
Reviewed in issue 08/2021
JS BACH Mass in B minor (MacLeod)
Gli Angeli Genève perform the Mass in B minor with 10 singers (six concertists and four ripienists) and an orchestra...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2021
Lise De La Salle: When Do We Dance?
Lise de la Salle is no stranger to mixing and matching composers and eras, as her half a dozen CDs...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 08/2021
Isata Kanneh-Mason: Summertime
I was delighted to be able to give a warm welcome to this pianist’s debut recording back in the long-ago...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2021
Franz Halász: Spain
Listening to a Franz Halász album is like biting into a Granny Smith. The playing is always fresh, crisp, juicy...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2021
Hiyoli Togowa: Songs of Solitude
Like most of the rest of the world, viola player Hiyoli Togawa confronted solitude, anxiety and loneliness during the pandemic...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 08/2021
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