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The Krasiński Codex: Fifteenth-Century Music from Cracow

Recording the contents of an entire 15th-century manuscript is a huge undertaking. There have been only two such projects as...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 03/2025

TRAPANI Noise Uprising

As musical journeys go, Noise Uprising is a unique voyage of discovery, containing plenty of surprises along the way. Drawing...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 03/2025

STROZZI Voices of Longing - Love Songs From 17th Century Venice

Emily Owen and Jenni Harper, discoursing with a trio of superb continuo players at every twist and turn, intermingle responsively...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2025

MARSH A Plastic Theatre

To have one first-class ensemble recording your music may be regarded as fortunate. To assemble no fewer than five on...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2025

Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtag

‘Lines of Life’ would serve well as the title for a programme consisting entirely of Hölderlin settings. But the actual...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 03/2025

KREK; PADE 'O Listen'

This fascinating album features music (and two composers) unknown to the majority of listeners, beautifully sung by the Danish National...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2025

DE FALLA The Three Cornered Hat. Nights in the Gardens of Spain (van Steen)

The opening fanfare of The Three-Cornered Hat makes a stirring sound in Belfast’s Ulster Hall: bold, heraldic, with just the...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2025

ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (Collon)

This live recording of The Dream of Gerontius is a vibrant new interpretation by the young British conductor Nicholas Collon....

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2025

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis (Rhorer)

I found this live Missa solemnis both moving and uplifting. With an average age of around 20, the 70-strong Audi...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2025

JS BACH Friede auf Erden: reconstructed cantatas

Only the last four pages of Bach’s Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (Christmas Day 1728) survive. Fortunately, Picander’s libretto...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2025

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