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SMYTH The Prison
The Prison (1929-30) was Ethel Smyth’s last major work, an hour-long oratorio-style work described by its composer as a symphony,...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2020
RICHTER Voices
Troubled times often prompt creative responses that bring out the human qualities lying within us – tolerance, compassion, dignity and...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 09/2020
POTT At First Light
Every now and then you hear a new work and feel that excitement, the knowledge that here is a piece...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2020
PERGOLESI Stabat Mater CALDARA Maddalena Ai Piedi di Cristo (Naessens)
After the dazzling assurance of Les Talens Lyriques’ recent recording under Christophe Rousset (with the tautly blended pair of Sandrine...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 09/2020
PENDERECKI St Luke Passion (Nagano)
The voices of the Warsaw Boys’ Choir and the Kraków Philharmonic Choir draw the listener immediately into this recording of...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 09/2020
PÄRT Stabat Mater (Ross)
Peace Upon You, Jerusalem is Arvo Pärt’s take on I was glad. Celebration is made manifest not via gleaming D...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 09/2020
NIELSEN The Mother
A hundred years ago, as part of the post-war settlement, Southern Jutland (otherwise known as North Schleswig) returned to Denmark...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2020
MOZART Mass in C minor (Minkowski)
Among all his sacred works, Mozart’s grand C minor Mass is perhaps the most challenging for performers. By some way...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2020
HANDEL Messiah (Rademann)
Gaechinger Cantorey and Hans-Christoph Rademann endeavour to present the version of Messiah that Handel directed at its premiere in Dublin...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2020
HAMILTON Joy
Ergodos has in recent years become an essential platform for new music. An independent label founded by the Irish composers...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 09/2020
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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