Online classical concerts & events to enjoy this month (January 2025)
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MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn
For a composer whose reputation rests on twin pillars of symphony and song, Gustav Mahler admittedly has more weight leaning...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 12/2012
JACKSON Requiem
Requiem Masses written since 9/11 go easy on the Dies irae: do you need to hear the Day of Wrath...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2012
HAYDN Nelson Mass. Insanae et vanae curae
Although not, in my opinion, the finest of Haydn’s late half-dozen Masses (that accolade goes to the Theresienmesse), the so-called...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2012
DELIUS Appalachia. Sea Drift
It is fitting that two of Delius’s American-inspired works should appear on this recording performed by the Florida Orchestra and...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2012
BYRD The Great Service
This is good news indeed. Having concluded their series of Byrd’s Latin sacred music on ASV and Hyperion, The Cardinall’s...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2012
BRITTEN Still Falls the Rain
Unabashed by the number of young British rivals already in the catalogue, the American tenor Nicholas Phan is on his...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 12/2012
BRITTEN A Ceremony of Carols. Saint Nicolas
As the Britten centenary looms into view, it is good to be able to offer an enthusiastic welcome to this...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2012
Tongues of Fire
It is the sad fate of organ concertos to be performed once or twice by the organist for whom they...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue:
Momentum: Nordic Cello Concertos
The Aurora label has done much to disseminate largely Norwegian music and this disc features three major Nordic cello concertos....
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 12/2012
Una follia di Napoli 1725
As album concepts go, this one requires explanation if the music is to be anything more than a pleasant, lightweight...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2012
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
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Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
Review - Sergei Rachmaninoff: In His Own Words (Edited by Geoffrey Norris)
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
Review - Audiolab 9000N: ‘A major achievement on many levels’
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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