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de RORE I madrigali a cinque voci

A musical landmark it undoubtedly is, but few would claim that Cipriano de Rore’s first book of madrigals constitutes easy...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2019

PALESTRINA Lamentations (Cinquecento)

Palestrina’s second book of Lamentations is surprisingly passionate, and this performance in particular is a gentle reminder that the spacious,...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2019

KURTAG The Edge of Silence; Scenes

Coincidences like this are rare indeed at the high modernist end of the music spectrum. Two new CDs of Kurtág’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2019

JENKINS Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption

Karl Jenkins has dedicated his new choral work to those in the Middle East who have suffered in the recent...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2019

HANDEL Samson (Butt)

Amid Handel’s fluctuating fortunes in London’s cultural marketplace, Samson remained a reliable banker. Its popularity quickly spread beyond the capital,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2019

GRAUN Apollo & Dafne

Among the deluge of Baroque solo cantatas from 18th-century Italy – most celebrated in the elder Scarlatti’s Neapolitan output –...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2019

GESUALDO Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo (Agnew)

Some 30 years ago Iain Fenlon referred to Les Arts Florissants’ initial Gesualdo disc as their ‘first foray into the...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2019

BLISS Mary of Magdala. The Enchantress (Davis)

Conceived in 1951 as a vehicle for the great Kathleen Ferrier, Bliss’s splendidly effective and abundantly characterful scena The Enchantress...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2019

B DE CLAIRVAUX Chants Of The Cistercians

Unlike more specialised ensembles, Officium’s remit ranges broadly across the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This tightly organised plainchant programme focuses...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2019

BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust (Nelson)

Two years on from their blockbusting, Award-winning Les Troyens (12/17), could John Nelson’s team repeat their Strasbourg success with La...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2019

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