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PORPORA Music for the Venetian Ospedaletto

Plenty of eminent teachers and composers beyond Vivaldi had close links to the four Venetian ospedali grandi, the Pietà, Incurabili,...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2024

MOZART; STRAUSS Lieder (Sabine Devieilhe)

Lieder recitals such as this are a reminder of what’s often missing in others: hallmarks include clean vocalism, unaffected treatment...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2024

Gershwin Rhapsody

Concert pianist meets cabaret star sounds like an idea conceived by an eager A&R executive in search of a fresh...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 05/2024

ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (McCreesh)

A culmination of his choral essays in symphony (The Black Knight), oratorio (The Light of Life) and dramatic cantata (King...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 05/2024

BRUMEL Earthquake Mass (Schmelzer)

By my count this is the fifth complete recording of Brumel’s fabled 12-voice Earthquake Mass, so called because of the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2024

BRIGGS Hail, gladdening light & other works

In July 2022 the Chapel Choir of Trinity College Cambridge travelled to Paris to record in the church of Saint-Eustache...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2024

JS BACH Mass in B Minor (McGegan)

I admire many recordings by Nicholas McGegan, particularly his volumes of Scarlatti cantatas with Arcadian Academy (Conifer, 6/97) and his...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2024

Passage secret: Bizet, Debussy, Faure, Ravel, Aubert

Ludmila Berlinskaya and Arthur Ancelle are a formidably well-equipped duo whose acquaintance I first made back in 2017 with their...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2024

From Handel’s Home: The Keyboards of Handel Hendrix House (Julian Perkins)

When the Handel (now Handel Hendrix) House opened in 2001, it could make use of only the top floors of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2024

YSAŸE Six Solo Violin Sonatas (Sergey Khachatryan)

The brilliant Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan treats us to yet another superb set of the Ysaÿe Solo Sonatas, vibrant, forceful,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2024

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