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SCHUMANN Choral Works

Before the First World War rendered all things German anathema, Schumann’s a cappella works, like Mendelssohn’s and Brahms’s, were choral...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2012

SCHUBERT Lieder for the Stages of Life

Rather than group their Schubert recital around poets, Werner Güra and Christoph Berner here chart a Schubertian ‘Seven ages of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2012

NØRHOLM Tablets for Orpheus (Tavole per Orfeo)

Ib Nørholm (b1931) is a prominent Danish composer whose commitment to polystylistics came early and wholeheartedly. He never disavowed the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2012

MOZART Masses

This new recording of Mozart’s ever-popular Coronation Mass appears shortly after one from Tewkesbury Abbey (Delphian, 1/12). Both recordings feature...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2012

JANÁČEK Choral Works

This is an attractive selection of Janáček’s vocal pieces, and a wide-ranging one. The Dvořák arrangements were mostly made in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 05/2012

HANSSON Endless Border

Bo Hansson (b1950) is a jazz musician who turned to classical music in mid-career, and whose choral music has met...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue:

HANDEL Complete Cantatas Vols 3 & 4

Aminta e Fillide was probably composed for Handel’s principal Roman patron, the Marquis Ruspoli (whose descendent Princess Claudia Ruspoli is...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2012

GJEILO Northern Lights

Rarely have I spent so disagreeable an hour as in listening to this excellently sung and produced new disc. Unless...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2012

FAURÉ Requiem

This is an appealing concert that cleverly mixes the familiar with the unfamiliar and includes a well-known piece in an...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2012

CHOPIN Songs & Lieder

I’m sorry to begin in captious vein, but here goes. Anyone buying this ‘blind’ might expect 18 different songs. Instead...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2012

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