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LISZT-BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3

While Liszt’s solo piano arrangements of Beethoven’s symphonies frequently and impressively conjure up orchestral grandeur, the piano-writing is idiomatic and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue:

JS BACH Das wohltemperirte Clavier

This project has clearly been a labour of love for Robert Costin, and one admires his consistently excellent playing. Any...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 04/2017

Tides of Life

This album reflects a tour undertaken by Thomas Hampson and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, for which several new string-orchestra arrangements of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017

Orpheus’ Noble Strings

A day in the life of Orpheus – lutenist, lover and plaything of the gods – is the elegant conceit...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

Theatre Of The Ayre: The Masque of Moments

The brainchild of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, ‘The Masque of Moments’ draws together songs, dances and ensembles from Campion, Johnson, Lawes...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2017

Beneath the Northern Star. The Binchois Consort : Music for the 100 Years War

Along with the Hilliard Ensemble and Gothic Voices, The Orlando and The Binchois Consorts have devoted a substantial proportion of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2017

WOLF Complete Songs Vol 9

The newest volume of Stone Records’ complete Wolf series mixes young and old, early and late. Into the second category...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2017

DE WERT Scared Motets

The Flemish-born composer Giaches de Wert (1535 96), famous for being Monteverdi’s predecessor at Mantua, is perhaps best remembered today...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 04/2017

SULLIVAN Songs

Sullivan’s songs, like so much of his music away from his collaboration with Gilbert, have largely vanished into obscurity, so...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 04/2017

SIBELIUS Kullervo. Finalndia KORTEKANGAS Migrations

No choir on the planet has as much experience or affinity with Kullervo as the YL Male Voice Choir and...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2017

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