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SCHUMANN Dichterliebe. Liederkreis

Yes, the three of them do fit. It might seem an obvious piece of programming to bring together the three...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2015

PARRY I was Glad. Hear My Words. Evening Service

This mouth-watering programme of well-known anthems and unfamiliar works has the added attraction of new brass arrangements by Grayston Ives...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: AW2015

HILLER Jauchzet Dem Herrn, Alle Welt (Psalm 100) PERGOLESI Stabat Mater

If you’ve never heard of Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804), I sympathise. One of music history’s forgotten men, he was revered...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2015

HERBECK Grosse Messe

It was Johann Herbeck who had initially dismissed Bruckner’s F minor Mass as ‘too long and unsingable’, which is rich...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW2015

Handel in Italy Vol 1

The harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham and her ensemble London Early Opera are not to be confused with Christian Curnyn’s longer-established Early...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015

HANDEL L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

The Mark Morris Dance Company’s production of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato has toured all over the world...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2015

CHILCOTT The Angry Planet

Bob Chilcott is the master of musical pragmatism, making the absolute most of limited forces and abilities. If that sounds...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW2015

Soile Isokoski sings Chausson, Berlioz & Duparc

Soile Isokoski has turned to the French repertoire for her latest album, and in some respects one wishes she had...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW2015

BRAHMS Songs Vol 6

Hyperion’s Brahms song survey reaches its sixth volume with this release and also alights, in Ian Bostridge, on a singer...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW2015

BEETHOVEN Lieder and Bagatelles

Interlacing a selection of (mainly) popular Lieder with piano miniatures, Werner Güra and Christoph Berner here create the Beethovenian answer...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2015

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