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OBRECHT Missa Maria Zart

It was described by my colleague Fabrice Fitch as ‘one of Renaissance music’s hidden gems’, but I think it’s now...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 06/2023

LIGETI Complete Works for a cappella Choir

Tying in with the composer’s centenary, this new double album of Ligeti’s a cappella choral music vies with the classic...

Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 06/2023

HANDEL; BLOW Coronation Anthems

Two albums of anthems written for the coronations of English kings, recorded in late 2022 for release on April 28,...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 06/2023

DOVE In Exile

In Exile was recorded live at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in December 2021 as part of the CBSO’s centenary celebrations. The...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 06/2023

BYRD 1589: Songs of sundrie natures

Reviewing these ensembles’ recording of Byrd’s 1588 Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs (6/21), I wondered whether they intended to survey all...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 06/2023

ANTOGNINI 'Come to me in the silence of the night'

When it comes to choral music in Britain, are there more powerful kingmakers than Stephen Layton and The Choir of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 06/2023

Roderick Chadwick: Souvenirs d'Oiseaux

Roderick Chadwick’s 2020 recital ‘La mer bleue’, featuring the first book of Catalogue d’oiseaux alongside Szymanowski and David Gorton, set...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 06/2023

Giorgi Gigashvili : Meeting my Shadow

'I like to bring works composed in various epochs under one umbrella. I need to feel the connection between the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2023

Zlata Chochieva: Im Freien

Schumann’s Waldszenen as a set rarely comes up for review. A shame, for these nine miniature tone poems – composed,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2023

Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards (Alexander Melnikov)

Here’s an aural equivalent of time-lapse photography, a quick tour of musical history from JS Bach (a point of reference...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2023

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