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PROKOFIEV Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution

Following Prokofiev’s decision to reinvent himself as a Soviet composer, he wrote much that remains ideologically controversial. Less nakedly propagandist...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2018

PICKARD Binyon Songs. The Phoenix. The Borders of Sleep

Vocal music does not feature prominently in John Pickard’s catalogue. Alongside a few minor choral works and the imposing hour-long...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2018

OBRECHT Missa Grecorum

Jacob Obrecht (1457/58-1505) is still not as well represented on disc as one might hope, despite having (briefly) succeeded Josquin...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2018

MONTEVERDI Selva morale e spirituale

Compared to the 1610 Vespers, the operas or the madrigals, Monteverdi’s Selva morale e spirituale has been rather poorly served...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 02/2018

F MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL Complete Songs Vol 3

The third volume of Malcolm Martineau’s Mendelssohn survey turns away from Felix to focus on songs by his sister, Fanny...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2018

MARTINÜ Bouquet of Flowers NOVÁK Philharmonic Dances

Martinů never heard a live performance of his folk cantata, or ‘cycle of compositions to folk texts’, Kytice (‘Bouquet of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2018

M JANSSON Choral Works

A native of Uppsala, Mårten Jansson (b1965) composes almost wholly sacred music (or ‘sacral’ as he terms it in his...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2018

HANDEL Ode for St Cecilia's Day

The eight verses of Dryden’s ‘Song for St Cecilia’s Day’ (1687) narrate the power of music from the creation of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2018

HANDEL Messiah (Niquet)

Handel’s exact version of Messiah performed at the Foundling Hospital in May 1754 has been reconstructed for memorable recordings by...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2018

JS BACH 'Small Gifts'

The gently punning title of this new recording from the countertenor Andreas Scholl comes from a quotation by Bach. In...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 02/2018

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