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BEETHOVEN Leonore (Jacobs)

We recall that Fidelio was first given as Leonore – in Vienna in November 1805, in three acts – before...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 02/2020

The Soldier: From Severn to Somme

A year after Ian Bostridge’s ‘Requiem: The Pity of War’ (11/18), here comes another British singer with a moving commemorative...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2020

Music for Milan Cathedral

This disc celebrates and contextualises the music of Hermann Matthias Werrecore (c1500-c1574), maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral for nearly...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 01/2020

Elsa Dreisig: Morgen

Elsa Dreisig’s striking debut album presented images of operatic characters (‘Miroir(s)’, 12/18). The French-Danish soprano, pianist Jonathan Ware and the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2020

Long Time Ago (Adèle Charvet, Susan Manoff)

‘An interior musical vibration invoking roots, emotions, passion, poetry and play, challenging the imprint of time, without denying its existence’,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2020

Like to the Lark

This is a highly attractive and innovative programme of a cappella choral music which also makes use of solo instruments....

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 01/2020

VIVALDI Juditha Triumphans (Savall)

The ostentatious musical charms and theatricality of Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernes barbarie (1716) are served vividly in this live concert...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2020

SCHUMANN Dichterliebe WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder (Prégardien)

It’s been 25 years since Christoph Prégardien and Andreas Staier presented Dichterliebe as part of an album dedicated to Heine...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2020

RORE Missa Vivat Felix Hercules. Motets

Rore’s Missa Praeter rerum seriem, which conceals a hidden tribute to his patron, Ercole II d’Este, has been recorded several...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2020

PETTERSSON Vox Humana. 6 Sånger

Allan Pettersson’s cantata Vox humana (1974) was composed in close proximity to his choral Twelfth Symphony, De döda på torget....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2020

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