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SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (Gerhaher)

While Christian Gerhaher’s 2003 recording of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin doesn’t have English translations of the poem texts (RCA, 2/04),...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2017

SCHUBERT Songs Vol 3 (Bostridge)

The third volume of Ian Bostridge’s leisurely Schubert series for Wigmore Hall Live is devoted to songs dealing with longing – urgent,...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2017

Poldowski Reimagined

The debut album of Ensemble 1904, founded by the pianist David Jackson to explore the lesser-known 20th-century French and British chamber repertory,...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2017

PENDERECKI conducts Penderecki, Vol 2: Choral Works

This two-disc set is an anthology of Penderecki’s very substantial output of choral music, in superb performances under the composer’s direction. The first...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2017

MIELCZEWSKI Missa O gloriosa domina. Benedictio et claritas

The Sixteen’s Polish series continues apace with this fine disc of music by the Italian-trained Marcin Mielczewski. The Italian connection...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2017

MARTINŮ The Epic of Gilgamesh

Martinů initially described The Epic of Gilgamesh as ‘a kind of profane secular cantata’ but later asserted that it was ‘neither an...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

LUDFORD Missa Dominica

Ludford’s Lady Masses stand apart from his more widely recorded Festal Masses for their alternatim settings and unusual three-part scoring....

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2017

GRAUN Weihnachtsoratorium

An oratorio by Carl Heinrich Graun on a Christmas subject is preserved in an anonymous manuscript copy in the Library of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2017

DURUFLÉ; HOWELLS Requiem

Former St Paul’s Cathedral music director John Scott worked at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, until his early death in 2015. While...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2017

BRAHMS An English Requiem

Listeners familiar with Ein deutsches Requiem may experience some cognitive dissonance from the outset, hearing the closed English ‘are’ vowel...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2017

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