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PETRASSI Magnificat. Psalm IX

Goffredo Petrassi’s range as a composer was far wider than his eight Concertos for Orchestra (8/05) might suggest, encompassing opera,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2013

Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry

Following closely on the outstanding Chandos disc of choral music by Parry with royal connections comes this disc of Parry’s...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 03/2013

PANUFNIK Love Abide

Admirer as I am of Roxanna Panufnik’s work, I am suspicious of creations intended to ‘build bridges between different faiths’....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2013

LISZT; MAHLER Lieder

In her previous recording (Orfeo), Anne Schwanewilms found a surprising breadth of expression between Richard Strauss’s operatic heroines and his...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 03/2013

G JACKSON A ship with unfurled sails

Unquestionably the State Choir Latvia is a magnificent body of singers. They encompass a vast dynamic range and deliver words...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2013

HANDEL Acis and Galatea

This delightful disc might have been billed as ‘Mendelssohn the Reviver’, since under the influence of Friedrich Zelter, his composition...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2013

BRITTEN Works for voice & string orchestra

The Amsterdam Sinfonietta, directed from the first violin by Scot Candida Thompson, start strongly with a Les illuminations in which...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2013

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Op 123

Following their Bach B minor Mass (8/12), Philippe Herreweghe and his team have produced an equally fine account of Beethoven’s...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2013

JS BACH Cantatas

Those following Sigiswald Kuijken’s journey will recall its premise of a single cantata for each Sunday and High Day –...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 03/2013

The Irish Piano

For his first solo piano CD, Michael McHale has programmed 19 short works featuring classical and contemporary Irish composers, works...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2013

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