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Missa Baltica

The Key Ensemble is a new chamber choir, formed in Finland as recently as 2005, yet is a group of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2012

BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms BRITTEN A Ceremony of Carols

A very interesting programme of choral and instrumental pieces. It’s always good to hear Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Julius Harrison’s...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 03/2012

SCOTT; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Quest and Inspiration

The music of Cyril Scott has enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent times. Between them Chandos, Dutton and Marco...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 03/2012

SCHUBERT Winterreise

Schubert himself recognised that his song-cycle Die Winterreise was special, urging a friend, Josef von Spaun, ‘Come to Schober’s today....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2012

SCHUBERT Schwanengesang, D957

With this disc, Christopher Maltman and Graham Johnson complete their trio of Schubert song-cycles from the Wigmore Hall. Actually, Schwanengesang...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2012

O'REGAN Acallam na Senorach (Tales of the Elders)

English composer Tarik O’Regan has collected a large and enthusiastic following among choirs on both sides of the Atlantic. As...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2012

Lieder by Pfitzner, Strauss & Mahler

Only minutes into my first recital encounter with Christianne Stotijn (Berg, Schubert and Wolf, 6/06), her Lieder credentials were secure....

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2012

MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen & Kindertotenlieder

Last year was a big one for the Canadian mezzo Julie Boulianne. Coinciding with her debut at the Met in...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2012

MACMILLAN Who are these Angels?

James MacMillan would seem to be delving further and further into his Catholic roots; not so much a regression as...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 03/2012

HØYBYE The Magic Paint Brush

John Høybye (b1939) is one of those composers one hears about but rarely hears, so this spotlight on his work...

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