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The Leiden Choirbooks Vol 6

The traversal of an idiosyncratic corner of 16th-century polyphony comes to an end with this double-CD, which focuses on the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2015

Joyce & Tony

Joyce DiDonato concerts are never demure events. The question is how the addition of Antonio Pappano – and the overall...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2015

Hör, kristenhait!

Ever adventurous in their choice of programmes, for their sixth CD Ensemble Leones have chosen German medieval sacred music, mainly...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 09/2015

Ferveur, louange et passion

This programme was inspired by viol player Caroline Howald’s admiration for ‘Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein’ by...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2015

Karine Deshayes : Après un rêve

In part a homage to the fin-de-siècle salon, this is a disc of mélodies with ensemble accompaniment, and as such...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2015

SCHUBERT Songs Vol 2

Recorded some eight months after Ian Bostridge’s first Schubert volume on Wigmore Hall Live (8/14), this disc similarly mixes better-known...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2015

SCHOENBERG Pierrot Lunaire

In 2011 pianist Mitsuko Uchida led a suitably moonstruck performance of Schoenberg’s 1912 monodrama Pierrot lunaire at the Salzburg Festival....

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2015

DE RORE Doulce Mémoire

Rore’s discography hardly reflects his stature, so the chance to hear one of his Masses in multiple interpretations is a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2015

POULENC The Complete Songs Vol 5

The previous volumes in this series have concentrated on Poulenc’s songs with piano. Here, though, the musical horizons broaden out...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 09/2015

PALESTRINA Volume 6

Like Josquin before him, Palestrina composed two Masses on the ‘L’homme armé’ tune, one for four voices on the Dorian,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2015

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