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Philippe Sly: Love's Minstrels

First prize-winner of the prestigious Montreal International Musical Competition in 2012, Philippe Sly possesses a fine, velvet bass-baritone voice, clear...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: AW2014

From the Imperial Court: Music for the House of Hapsburg

Here the 16 singers of Stile Antico reinforce their already formidable reputation: intonation and balance are always flawless; the sound...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: AW2014

Nora Gubisch: Folksongs

Erudite folksongs these, seen through the lens of the ‘classical composer’. But there’s a layer of experience, in the multinational...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW2014

Anna Prohaska: Behind the Lines

Not since Simon Keenlyside’s Gramophone Award-winning ‘Songs of War’ (Sony, 2/12) have pre-existing art songs been so effectively moulded into...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW2014

Julian Prégardien: An die Geliebte

For his debut solo recital Julian Prégardien, son of Christoph, has devised an unhackneyed programme centring on the theme of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2014

WARLOCK Choral Music

Peter Warlock’s choral music hasn’t been particularly well served on disc – until this year, that is. Within a few...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW2014

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel. Violin Concerto

The pastoral landscapes of Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel are muddy underfoot with the imprints of the many baritones (and...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: AW2014

STANFORD Mass in G

There has been a steady stream of discs from the smaller Oxbridge chapels over many years, recording the standard repertoire...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: AW2014

HAYDN The Seasons

It may be perverse to give pride of place to the ‘bonus’ feature. But anyone acquiring this DVD of Haydn’s...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2014

GRIEG Haugtussa. Vinjesangene. Ibensangene

This all-Grieg recital opens with Haugtussa, surely one of the most loveable song-cycles outside the German-language repertoire. Like a Nordic...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2014

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