Review - David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition – The Complete Columbia & HMV Recordings
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
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OCKEGHEM Complete Songs Vol 1
In 1982 Decca Florilegium issued the first-ever recording of Ockeghem’s entire secular music with the Medieval Ensemble of London (10/82)....
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 01/2020
MONTEVERDI Vespers (Bestion)
It takes beats, not bars, to realise that we’re not in Venice anymore with this new recording of Monteverdi’s 1610...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
LEIGHTON Sacred Choral Works
Time to be honest about Kenneth Leighton. He loved Howells as much as the rest of us; but while Howells’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2020
HENZE Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of the Medusa)
This beautifully prepared recording issues the most compelling if belated of invitations to consider afresh a seminal work of the...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
Handel Uncaged: Cantatas for Alto
Part recital and part musical detective drama, ‘Handel Uncaged’ is, ironically, entirely captivating. At its centre is a premiere Handel...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
GESUALDO Second Book of Madrigals
The past few months have opened up a rich seam for Gesualdo enthusiasts, with an impressive new release from Exaudi...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2019
DVORÁK Stabat mater (version for soloists, choir and piano)
The timing given above is no misprint. Neither has Howard Arman made a Hervé Niquet-style dash through a score stained...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
DOWLAND 'Whose heavenly touch'
When you think of the Argentinian soprano Mariana Flores you think of Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi, maybe even Frescobaldi. But Dowland?...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2020
BRAHMS A German Requiem (1871 London Version. Lewis)
Contributions to the booklet from Katy Hamilton and the conductor Andrew Lewis make a persuasive case for this downsized, vernacular...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020
Sarah Bob: Nobody Move
Curated by Sarah Bob, the New Gallery Concert Series has been combining new music and visuals for the edification of...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2020
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Debussy in Context (Edited by Simon Trezise) | Book Review
In our current dark times we need Debussy as much as ever. And this book is a perfect way in if you...
Box-set Round-up: November 2024 (Prêtre, Celibidache, Jansons)
Rob Cowan on the legacies of a trio of conductors in the music in which they excelled
Replay: The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli, plus Madeleine de Valmalète, Monique Haas, Emanuel Feuermann & Alfred Dubois
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Review - Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition - Complete Opera Recordings
Rob Cowan dives into Warner’s second volume of Wolfgang Sawallisch’s recordings
Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound (by Kate Kennedy) | Book Review
It’s hard to think of another book about a specific instrument that goes quite as deep as this
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