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Splendours of the Gonzaga. Sacred Music from Wert to Monteverdi

This second disc from the relatively new ensemble Biscantores has had a long gestation: recorded in September 2020 as Europe...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2023

Nuit à Venise

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas explains that ‘A Night in Venice’ aims ‘to reimagine a large-scale evening of festivities on the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2023

Mayrig. To Armenian Mothers

Who was Komitas? He was an Armenian priest, composer, choirmaster and ethnomusicologist, born Soghomon Soghomonian (1869-1935), and is widely considered...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2023

Alexander Chance: Drop Not, Mine Eyes

When it comes to countertenor Alexander Chance, son of Michael Chance, the Adam’s apple doesn’t fall far from the tree....

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2023

Così Amor Mi Fa Languire

Restless and exciting in equal measure, these committed performances are convincing from the first dramatic intake of breath as they...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2023

WHITACRE Home

For fans of Eric Whitacre’s velvety cushions of vocal balm, the opening tracks of Voces8’s new disc will bring a...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2023

VIVALDI Sonata a tre

Of Vivaldi’s three surviving serenatas, this one is the least-known, well behind La Senna festeggiante, of which there are at...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2023

VAN HELMONT Leçons de ténèbres

Charles Joseph Van Helmont (1715 90) was a church musician who spent most of his working life at the collegiate...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2023

SØRENSEN St Matthew Passion

Patior – to suffer: that’s the verb at the root of any Passion. Bach’s settings put suffering front and centre,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2023

SCHNITTKE Psalms of Repentance

Schnittke’s set of Psalms of Repentance (‘Verses of Repentance’ is a more accurate translation) is some of the most challenging...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2023

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