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‘In this Moonlit Night’

Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born to sing these songs, and indeed many collectors will probably already have the performance of Mussorgsky’s...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 04/2013

An Ebor Epiphany: Epiphany Sunday at York Minster

It was an excellent idea to take a specific Sunday in the church’s liturgical calender as the basis for this...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2013

WESLEY Ascribe unto the Lord: Sacred Choral Works

Among the glories of 19th- and 20th-century Anglican liturgical music are settings of the canticles, especially the Magnificat and Nunc...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2013

SCHÜTZ Zwölf Geistliche Gesänge. Cantiones sacrae 1625

The Dresden Chamber Choir’s complete Schütz project continues with two contrasted releases. Vol 4 is devoted to the Zwölf Geistliche...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2013

POULENC Sacred and Secular Choral Music

This reissue celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Netherlands Chamber Choir. What gloriously warm and uplifting music this is –...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2013

PÄRT Te Deum & other choral works

This is an absolutely outstanding release, bringing together a number of particularly intriguing works by Pärt. Though one could justifiably...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 04/2013

PARRY From a city window. Songs

It is some time since a CD was devoted entirely to the rich wellspring of Parry’s 12 volumes of English...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2013

MOZART Missa Brevis. Regina coeli

Mozart’s Salzburg sacred music is an area into which Naxos hasn’t delved deeply, so this recording of two Missae breves...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2013

HALLGRIMSSON Choral Works

This recital consists for the most part of occasional pieces, a series of adieux; the general tenor of the texts...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2013

GESUALDO Sacrae Cantiones Book II

Part-books were the standard method of printing polyphony in the Renaissance: each publication constituted a set, usually with one voice...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2013

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