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LEHRER The Queen's Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer

For younger readers who have yet to discover him – and older readers for whom one of life’s essential pleasures...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2021

G IVES Requiem

Contemporary British composers have not shied away from setting the texts of the Requiem. Notable recent examples by David Bednall,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2021

SCHUMANN Frauenleiebe und -leben (Sandra Porter. Roderick Williams)

The question here is not how these two new recordings of Schumann’s often heard and increasingly discussed song cycle Frauenliebe...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 10/2021

Alexander Soares: Threnodies

Alexander Soares’s debut recital ‘Notations & Sketches’ much impressed Richard Whitehouse (5/19). This second album, ‘Threnodies’, is similarly based around...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2021

Imogen Cooper: Le Temps Perdu

In the charming booklet essay for her stunning new recording, ‘… Le temps perdu …’, Imogen Cooper explains the title’s...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

Marco Rogliano: Paganini and Italian Genius

Twenty-two tracks, 22 premiere recordings of solo violin music from the 19th century, no fewer than 11 of them by...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2021

Vikingur Olafsson: Mozart & Contemporaries

Just when you feel you’ve got the measure of Víkingur Ólafsson he veers off in an unexpected direction, and this...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2021

Alice Sara Ott: Echoes of Life

Alice Sara Ott began recording with DG 13 years ago, she writes in the booklet, and her new recording, ‘Echoes...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2021

Alasdair Beatson: Aus Wien

Much thought and care have gone into devising this musical love letter to Vienna from Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson. His...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2021

TELEMANN 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin (Iryna Gintova)

Engineer Joël Cormier has done an excellent job on this latest release from Orchid Classics. Cormier has captured warmth and...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 10/2021

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