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LOEWE Jan Hus

Although Carl Loewe’s reputation today lies within his prodigious output of songs and ballads, his long career as a church...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2023

HINDEMITH Das Marienleben

Glenn Gould might have argued passionately in favour of the original 1923 version of Hindemith’s Marienleben but it’s the heavily...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 10/2023

HANDEL L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55

Milton’s companion poems expositing Mirth and Melancholy were adapted by James Harris and Charles Jennens into a libretto that presents...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2023

GOSSWIN Selected Works

At the risk of invoking Thomas Beecham, I absolutely love the sound this ensemble make, especially the clarity and agility...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 10/2023

FRASER-SIMSON 'Enchanted Places'

Now for something completely different. The recording takes its title from The Enchanted Places, the 1974 memoir by Christopher Milne,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2023

CHAMINADE 'Saisons d'Amour'

Popular in her lifetime, then ignored for decades, Cécile Chaminade’s mélodies have edged their way back into the repertory of...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 10/2023

The Honour of William Byrd (Helen Charlston)

A collection of Byrd consort songs with Helen Charlston has been a major desideratum since she first hit the headlines...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 10/2023

BRAHMS Songbook, Vol 1 (Thomas Oliemans)

In a personal note accompanying this release, baritone Thomas Oliemans defends Brahms’s Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ as a true...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 10/2023

For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

Hélène Grimaud’s new DG release, ‘For Clara’, is a bouquet of works by the two composers closest to Clara Wieck...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2023

BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été RAVEL Shéhérazade SAINT-SAËNS Mélodies persanes

Québécoise contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux is an inimitable performer, a real personality who delivers with an engaging commitment to text. These...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2023

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