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ORFF Carmina Burana - Live from the Forbidden City

DG celebrates its 120th anniversary by signing another ensemble and conductor from the East who have been developing increasing links...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 04/2019

Marie Perbost: Une jeunesse à Paris

Marie Perbost takes her own Parisian upbringing as the starting point for her debut album in Harmonia Mundi’s ‘harmonia nova’...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2019

Ibn Battuta - The Traveler of Islam, 1304‑1377 (Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall)

‘Travel first leaves you voiceless, before it turns you into a storyteller’, according to Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 04/2019

Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

Founded just three years ago, Suzi Digby’s ORA Singers have already got six recordings under their belt and established a...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2019

The Coronation of King George II (Kings Consort, Robert King)

Robert King’s reconstruction of the musical parts of the coronation of King George II (Hyperion, 12/01) was a classic recording...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 04/2019

TODD Passion Music. Jazz Missa Bravis

The two major works on this generously filled disc are further examples of the blending of jazz and choral music...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2019

TAVERNER Missa Gloria tibi trinitas

Recordings of the Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas are hardly lacking, and the Leroy Kyrie featured on that first Tallis Scholars...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2019

SCHÜTZ Madrigale & Hochzeitmusiken (Vol 19)

Now on its 19th volume and approaching completion, Carus’s complete Schütz cycle – the first on record – has proved...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2019

A SCARLATTI Serenate

Serenatas were nocturnal concert pieces akin to cantatas for special occasions that could be performed in costume with a backdrop,...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 04/2019

PURCELL The Cares of Lovers (Rowan Pierce)

Currently a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, with a win at The Grange Festival’s inaugural International Singing Competition under...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2019

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