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NYMAN No Time in Eternity

Michael Nyman’s soundtrack to Prospero’s Books – director Peter Greenaway’s 1991 postmodern homage to Shakespeare’s The Tempest – remains one...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2018

Cecilia & Sol - Dolce Duello

A symphony in pink and blue, the candy-coloured hardback book is enough to give you toothache. The irrepressible Cecilia Bartoli...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2018

The Gate of Glory: Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol 5

Well over six hours long, this series now surpasses The Sixteen’s as the largest discographic survey ever devoted to the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2017

Delphine Galou: Agitata

This is a treasure trove of rare music, much of which must surely be receiving first recordings. Baroque opera has...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 01/2018

SCHUBERT Winterreise (Bo Skovhus)

Not usually a paragon of moderation or elegance, Bo Skovhus has continued his traversal of Schubert Lieder with a Winterreise...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2018

RACHMANINOV All-night Vigil (Vasari Singers)

The Vasari Singers join an ever-expanding field with this new recording of a work that was once considered very exotic...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2017

Lyubov Petrova: Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov Songs

With a half-Tchaikovsky, half-Rachmaninov programme, a Russian singer with an Anglo-friendly voice plus an even better pianist, this set is...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 01/2018

99 Words

Five world premieres and a beautifully constructed programme make this disc from Suzi Digby and London chamber choir Voce rather...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018

LISZT Songs for Bass and Piano (Schwartz)

Liszt’s songs were all originally written for high or middle voices, and there has been a tendency of late, as...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 12/2017

JANÁČEK Otčenáš KODÁLY Missa brevis POULENC Mass

The Mass settings of Kodály and Poulenc were composed within six years of each other (1937-42), and with mixed choirs...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018

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