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Review of Barbara Hannigan: Dance with Me

Barbara Hannigan: Dance with Me

The idea for this recording took shape following a concert the Ludwig Orchestra gave in Birmingham when Peppie Wiersma, the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 04/2022

Review of Cachua Serranita

Cachua Serranita

The Jesuit mission to Latin America during the 17th and 18th centuries left a spiritual legacy, but also a musical...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2022

Review of TELEMANN Complete Cantatas Vol 1

TELEMANN Complete Cantatas Vol 1

To CPO’s already generous Telemann catalogue we can now add this first volume in what will be the first complete...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 04/2022

Review of SUCKLING The Tuning

SUCKLING The Tuning

Earlier releases of Martin Suckling – his song-cycle Candlebird (London Sinfonietta, 2/13) or the NMC ‘portrait’ centred on his Piano...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 04/2022

Review of STRAUSS Five Songs. Salome (Jessye Norman)

STRAUSS Five Songs. Salome (Jessye Norman)

The central work in this Strauss programme, captured live at the Royal Festival Hall in good sound in 1986, is...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2022

Review of RACHMANINOV Dissonance (Asmik Grigorian)

RACHMANINOV Dissonance (Asmik Grigorian)

After triumphs on stage in Salzburg (Salome) and Madrid (Rusalka) that have already made it to DVD and Blu ray,...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2022

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Review of PURCELL Odes & Welcome Songs

PURCELL Odes & Welcome Songs

The British monarchy is enjoying an unexpected revival – on disc, at least. Scarcely a year after The King’s Consort’s...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2022

Review of LALANDE Grands Motets. Dies Irae. Miserere & Veni Creator

LALANDE Grands Motets. Dies Irae. Miserere & Veni Creator

Michel-Richard de Lalande spent his life in the service of the royal court at Versailles, in the course of which...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2022

Review of GESUALDO Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday (The Gesualdo Six)

GESUALDO Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday (The Gesualdo Six)

Here The Gesualdo Six tackle two of Renaissance polyphony’s warhorses, an imaginative pairing that also welcomes two short works by...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2022

Review of BRUHNS Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol. 1

BRUHNS Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol. 1

Among that group of unfortunate composers who met an early death, Nicolaus Bruhns (1665 97) is sometimes unfairly overlooked. Although...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 04/2022

 

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