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RACHMANINOV 'Nocturne' Vespers. Byzantine Hymns

There is absolutely no justification for this recording except for the fact that it works so well. That is to...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2022

PEDERSØN Pratum Spirituale - Motets & Hymns

Little survives of the work of Mogens Pedersøn, one of the most prominent Danish musicians of the early Baroque period;...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2022

PÄRT Stabat Mater & Other Works

To deal first with the purely instrumental works on this collection, both Fratres and Spiegel im Spiegel are given superbly...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2022

ŁUKASZEWSKI Sacred Choral Works (Sirmais)

Confession time: I admit to having not previously heard a note of this Polish composer before, despite the fact that...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2022

LEONARDA A Portrait of Isabella Leonarda

Anna Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) entered an Ursuline convent in the Piedmontese city of Novara at the age of 16 and...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2022

HANDEL Theodora (Emelyanychev)

‘The generality of the world have ears and hear not’, wrote Handel’s friend Mary Delany of the failure of Theodora...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2022

HANDEL 'Sweet Stillness' Nine German Arias

The Nine German Arias occupy a special niche in Handel’s wide and wondrous output. With texts by Barthold Heinrich Brockes...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2022

CRISTO Magnificat. Marian Antiphons. Missa Salve regina

It is a deep pleasure to hear this ensemble flourish. Since winning the 2019 Gramophone Early Music Award it has...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2022

BRAHMS Complete Liebeslieder Walzer. Hungarian Dances

Brahms’s hearty Liebeslieder Waltzes offer two distinct experiences: soloists relaxing with charming, intelligent music without great technical demands, and choruses...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2022

Barbara Hannigan: Sehnsucht - Berg & Mahler

Has anyone else directed Mahler’s Fourth Symphony while singing the finale from the podium? Surely not … but the present...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2022

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