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The English Orpheus

A considered exposé of Purcell’s still woefully under-exposed genius is always welcome, especially one as varied and intelligent as Andrew...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017

PERTI Grands motets for Ferdinando de’ Medici

Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was maestro di cappella of Bologna’s prestigious San Petronio for nearly 60 years but moonlighted occasionally....

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017

KURTÁG Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir

Across the 11 works on this three-disc set, which don’t sit too happily under the title ‘Complete Works for Ensemble...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017

KLEIBERG Mass for Modern Man

Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for the Modern Man deals with pertinent questions surrounding the role of Christian faith in contemporary society...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017

HANDEL 9 German Arias

Handel composed very little music on texts in his native German tongue. The most notable examples are settings of poetry...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017

ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (Barenboim)

There is probably no such thing as the perfect Gerontius. Every recording is flawed in some way. Even the classic...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2017

EISLER Lieder Und Balladen Vol 1

Hanns Eisler’s songs have been reasonably well represented on disc, not least with high-profile recordings from Matthias Goerne (including the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017

Nights Not Spent Alone

For her second solo album, the British mezzo Kitty Whately has set down authoritative accounts of what is billed as...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2017

JS BACH Celebratory Cantatas VIII

As Masaaki Suzuki and his experienced Japanese colleagues traverse the remaining secular cantatas in the series, the question arises as...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017

JS BACH Complete Solo Soprano Cantatas Vol 1

This mini-series of cantatas for solo soprano encompasses nine works of exceptional quality and variety, the initial volume of three...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2017

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