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LLOYD WEBBER Cinderella

Tale as old as time … but clearly with half an eye on the Instagram age. Hearing this concept album...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW21

LISZT 'Freudvoll und Leidvoll' (Jonas Kaufmann)

Songs of the legendarily charismatic Franz Liszt would seem – at least in theory – a great fit for magnetic...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW21

JOSQUIN 'Josquin Desprez in Italia'

‘Giosquino’ is the title of this album from Italian ensembles, which brings together several works composed during Josquin’s periods of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: AW21

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

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