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Norma Fisher at the BBC Vol 3

Michelle Assay was full of enthusiasm for the first two volumes of Norma Fisher’s BBC broadcasts. Here’s a musician who...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2022

ZANDONAI Francesca da Rimini (Rizzi)

‘What we’re really watching is a gathering of the damned’, writes Christof Loy in a note for his extraordinary Berlin...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2022

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS On Wenlock Edge & other songs (Nicky Spence)

Nicky Spence and colleagues serve up a nourishing feast of Vaughan Williams’s vocal music, culminating in a performance of On...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2022

NESBIT Sacred Choral Music

Never having knowingly heard any of Edward Nesbit’s work before, I had no idea what to expect of his choral...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 05/2022

JÓHANNSSON Drone Mass

Since Jóhann Jóhannsson’s death in 2018 at the age of only 48, his label DG has done much to promote...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 05/2022

R CLARKE 'Sempiternam'

This release collects 30 years’ worth of choral music by one of Ireland’s most cherished composers and teachers. It is...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 05/2022

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas D664, 769a & 894 (Stephen Hough)

To use Stephen Hough’s own words from his previous Schubert recording for Hyperion (6/99), the ‘communion of hearts’ between the...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 05/2022

HANDEL Winged Hands: The Eight Great Suites & Overtures (Francesco Corti)

Francesco Corti’s discography as a solo harpsichordist is not long, essentially consisting of two Bach releases – the Partitas some...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2022

JS BACH Goldberg Variations (Klára Würtz)

Hungarian-born Klára Würtz is a matured child prodigy with a difference: her pianism sidesteps overt display or affectedness in favour...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2022

JS BACH The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 6 (Benjamin Alard)

Volume 6 in Benjamin Alard’s cycle covering JS Bach’s complete keyboard output brings us The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. It’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2022

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