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MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Autograph piano version)

Mahler’s own piano version of his Das Lied von der Erde has struggled to establish itself in the repertory since...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2023

MACHAUT Songs from Remede de Fortune

In January, reviewing Blue Heron’s recording of the Remede de Fortune, I mentioned that one of the problems was the...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 03/2023

FOX Trostlieder

A unifying theme on Exaudi’s third album of Christopher Fox’s vocal music is the devastation of armed conflict. Commissioned to...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 03/2023

CHILCOTT Canticles of Light

The Wrocław-based NFM Choir is no stranger to Bob Chilcott’s music, having previously recorded an acclaimed album of his a...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2023

BYRD The Golden Renaissance

Byrd’s later years are a fascinating time for Tudor music, and for his 400th anniversary Stile Antico dedicate a whole...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2023

Xuefei Yang: Guitar Favourites

Around a decade ago, Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang released a compilation album: ‘Sojourn: The Very Best of Xuefei Yang’....

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2023

Benjamin Alard: The Couperin Family

This is a live recording of a concert given by Benjamin Alard on February 1, 2020, as part of a...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2023

RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux (Nikolai Lugansky)

The Études-tableaux were not made for performing or hearing as a cycle. They are too much for one half of...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2023

PROCTOR Virtuoso Piano Works (Tyler Hay)

Simon Proctor (b1959) is best known for music for rare instruments. His Concerto for Serpent (1987) featured at some of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2023

NICOLAOU Etudes & Frames (Tamara Stefanovich)

At first one might describe Vassos Nicolaou’s 15 piano Études as elaborately detailed and structurally shipshape works that build upon...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2023

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