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Songs For New Life and Love

Ruby Hughes’s last solo album for BIS (2/20), recorded with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, featured Berg and Mahler...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW21

CAVALLI Hymns and Psalms

Cavalli’s fame as an opera composer may once have eclipsed his sacred music but in the 25 years since Concerto...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW21

CANTELOUBE Chants d'Auvergne (Carolyn Sampson)

There’s a lot of classy competition when it comes to recordings of Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne but happily this new BIS...

Reviewed in issue AW21

BERG; SCHOENBERG; STRAUSS 'Longing'

Collectively titled ‘Longing’, this album juxtaposes songs by Strauss, Berg and Schoenberg written between 1885 and 1948 – encompassing two...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW21

Tatiana Shebanova: Chopin - Solo works and works for Piano and orchestra

During the last decade of her life, pianist Tatiana Shebanova (1953-2011) recorded just about all of Chopin’s solo piano output...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW21

Strings Attached: the Voice of Kannel (Anna-Liisa Eller)

The kannel, Estonia’s national instrument, is closely related to other box zithers common in the Baltic region, including the Russian...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: AW21

Christopher Herrick - Northern Lights

Hyperion’s last release in the ‘Organ Fireworks’ series was over a decade ago, although a kind of highlights disc appeared...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: AW21

Ilya Gringolts: Ciaccona

Prior to ‘Ciaccona’ landing on my desk, had someone mooted the idea of an album of solo violin music of...

Reviewed in issue AW21

Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Carte Blanche

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the French pianist long resident in Los Angeles, has chosen to celebrate a milestone birthday with the release...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW21

Steven Isserlis: British solo cello music

Is it worth mentioning of a solo instrumental recital recorded during the summer of 2020 that it was born as...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: AW21

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