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MOSS Unseen Paths

Shortly before his death, Lawrence K Moss (1927-2022) had the good fortune to learn that a number of his works...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 08/2024

FOSS Symphony No 1. Renaissance Concerto. Three American Pieces. Ode

This entertaining album was the offspring of a concert given at Carnegie Hall to celebrate the centenary of Lukas Foss...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2024

Brahms - Reimagined Orchestrations

Listening to these polished performances, I marvel that the Kansas City Symphony was founded as recently as 1981. Kudos, then,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2024

SCHUMANN String Quartets, Op 41 Nos 1-3 (Doric Quartet)

Of all the indisputably great composers, Schumann has had to contend with more brickbats than most. Now we’ve finally scotched...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2011

Urlicht: Songs of Death and Resurrection

Samuel Hasselhorn’s first orchestral release, this album follows his inaugural instalment of the ambitious ‘Schubert 200 Project’ (Harmonia Mundi, 11/23)....

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 07/2024

Songs for Peter Pears

A hearty welcome to this exceptionally stimulating programme, devised – and essayed with penetrating insight – by Robin Tritschler. With...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 07/2024

Peace I Leave With You: Music for the Evening Hour

Ah, Choral Evensong, that peculiarly English institution, which offers a welcome period of solace to so many when, to quote...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2024

Echoes: Vocal Duets

Diva summit meetings can crackle with competitive tension, but don’t lower-stakes duet albums – made among friends – merit more...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2024

Magdalena Kožená: Czech Songs

Think of the petty humiliations Dvořák had to endure from a German-speaking musical establishment. Add the condescension of a posterity...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2024

A Change is Gonna Come (Nicholas Phan)

There is liberation in the timelessness of these songs and settings, be they old or brand new. And timelessness is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2024

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