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MARTIN; MARTINŮ 'The Secret Mass'

This is an intriguing programme. Though one might initially think that it is simply inspired by the juxtaposition of the...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 06/2018

MAHLER Wunderhorn Lieder (Volle). Symphony No 10 (Thielemann)MAHLER Wunderhorn Lieder (Volle). Symphony No 10 (Thielemann)

It may be appropriate that a concert given on the centenary of Mahler’s death should contain his last completed symphonic...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2018

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Pecková, Samek)

Reiner Riehn’s completion of Arnold Schoenberg’s chamber arrangement of Das Lied von der Erde has made several appearances on disc,...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2018

LASSUS St Matthew Passion

It’s nearly 25 years since Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices recorded this St Matthew Passion (Harmonia Mundi, 9/94). As I...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2018

LAMBERT Leçons De Ténèbres

Michel Lambert was admired as a singer, lutenist and teacher in 17th-century Paris and, while remembered today as Lully’s father-in-law,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2018

KOŽELUCH Kantata zur Krönung Leopolds II

‘Leopold KoŽeluch is without question with young and old the most generally loved among our living composers, and this with...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2018

KARLSSON Seven Songs. Clarinet Concerto

Gabriel Suovanen suggested Lars Karlsson (b1953) write a song-cycle for him when the two men ran into one another at...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2018

JACKSON of Exeter Songs,Canzonets & a Sonata

The avid amateur astronomer William Jackson (1730-1803) was director of music at Exeter Cathedral and a friend of Gainsborough. Michael...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2018

FEO San Francesco di Sales

Little known today, Francesco Feo (1691 1761) was a Neapolitan composer and teacher, a contemporary of Leonardo Leo and Niccolò...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2018

Nicholas Phan: Illuminations

Nicholas Phan’s previous releases have shown him to be not only a fine singer but a fine programmer, too. His...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2018

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