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VASKS Laudate Dominum

Lauma Malnace’s booklet note speaks of Pēteris Vasks’s ability to ‘transform something deeply personal into a metaphysical message’, which is...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 02/2018

SCHNITTKE Requiem. Three Sacred Hymns

There are some half a dozen recordings of Schnittke’s Requiem in existence but it can hardly be considered mainstream repertoire,...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 02/2018

RORE Portrait of the Artists as a Starved Dog

Cipriano de Rore’s discography is a pale reflection of his artistic and historical significance. Graindelavoix’s previous foray into the Italian...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2018

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

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