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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night

Louise Alder’s recording presence moves into a considerably higher gear with this release – not her first recital disc but...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2020

Liederkreis: Decades – A Century of Song, Vol 4: 1840-1850

Schumann’s bittersweet Heine cycle of love frustrated and love betrayed heads the billing here. But as in earlier volumes of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2020

Camilla Tilling : Jugendstil

Like so many terms borrowed from the other arts, Jugendstil is not easy to pinpoint in music. This recital from...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020

Mary Bevan : The Divine Muse

Mary Bevan is not just an exceptionally fine soprano. She’s also a superb actress, whether performing on the operatic stage...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2020

Ash Wednesday (Nethsingha)

There is a lot more ‘Evensong Live’ here than on the recent disc bearing that name from King’s College, Cambridge...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020

Diana Damrau: Strauss

It’s nine years since Diana Damrau’s last album dedicated to Richard Strauss (3/11). That release saw her in in a...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020

REICHA Requiem (Klauda)

Reicha’s Requiem, composed in Vienna in the first decade of the 19th century, has been described as a link between...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

MALLOY Octet (Original cast recording)

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the weird and wonderful work of Dave Molloy that...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

KOŽELUCH Masonic Cantata

The cantata Joseph, Mankind’s Blessing was composed for use in one of Vienna’s Masonic lodges during a period of tolerance,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

HAYDN Missa Cellensis (Doyle)

As so often with early(ish) Haydn, we can only speculate on the origins of this expansive ‘cantata Mass’, composed in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2020

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