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RIGEL Le Souffle de La Revolution

Henri-Joseph Rigel is not a name you should feel bad about not knowing. Forty years ago, when I was doing...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2025

MARTINAITYTĖ Aletheia - Choral Works

I was mesmerised by Ondine’s album of orchestral works by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (4/21) but then, that’s the whole point of...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2025

A HUGO 'Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo'

Victor Hugo’s younger daughter Adèle (1830-1915) has long fascinated artists and biographers alike, and the tale of her struggles with...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2025

HANDEL Jephtha (Glover)

Since 2002 Jane Glover has been Director of Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra – despite their name a...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2025

BUXTEHUDE Membra Jesu Nostri DAYER Afin que le lion feroce

Gli Angeli team up with members of the specialist contemporary ensemble Contrechamps in an ‘old and new’ pairing that pits...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2025

AURIC Melodies & Chansons (Holger Falk)

Holger Falk continues his journey through the mélodies and chansons of the early 20th century with a selection from the...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 01/2025

The Memory Garden: Guitar Music from England (Jack Hancher)

Beethoven, Berlioz, Segovia … they’ve all supposedly likened the classical guitar to a small orchestra. For his debut album, guitarist...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 01/2025

Sophie Yates: Harpsichord Music from the Reign of Louis XIV

Sophie Yates’s long relationship with Chandos has resulted in a steady flow of intelligently programmed and neatly played albums, beginning...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2025

Andrew von Oeyen: Angels and Demons

Programmes that look good on paper often don’t add up to a convincing whole in concert or on disc. Fortunately,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2025

SILVESTROV Forgotten Word I Wished to Say (Alexei Lubimov)

Could Stockhausen have pulled off a passable imitation of, say, Schubert, or Boulez a convincing copy of Beethoven? These are...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2025

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