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FRESCOBALDI Affetti Amorosi

Born in Ferrara, Frescobaldi spent time at the nearby court of the Gonzaga in Mantua in 1615, just a few...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 05/2018

FRANKEL War Paint

The title, the concept, the casting would seem to have Broadway success written all over it. A musical about the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2018

ELGAR Ecce sacerdos magnus: Music for chorus and orchestra

Given the prevalence of, and admiration for, Elgar’s three large-scale oratorios and The Music Makers, it is good to hear...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 05/2018

DANCKERTS Missa de Beata Virgine

Until recently, all most people knew about Ghiselin Danckerts was that he was a singer in the Papal chapel and...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 05/2018

BYRD Motets

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and the Renaissance composer William Byrd are undeniably icons of English music. It is...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2018

BERNSTEIN Mass (Nézet-Séguin)

The more live performances, the more live recordings, one experiences of this marvellous piece the more challenging it seems. No...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2018

JS BACH St John Passion (Otto)

Having the one-to-a-part Scholars Baroque Ensemble and the all-male cathedral forces of Oxford’s New College in its catalogue, Naxos has...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2018

Neapolitan Concertos for Various Instruments

It’s interesting to imagine what kind of a musical London, Paris or New York we might be looking at today,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2018

A Garland for John McCabe

Three years on from his death, John McCabe shows no signs of being forgotten. His music is still performed and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2018

Ben Goldscheider: Debut

Ben Goldscheider was a finalist in the 2016 BBC Young Musician, and if the biography in the booklet of this...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2018

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