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Mary Bevan : The Divine Muse

Mary Bevan is not just an exceptionally fine soprano. She’s also a superb actress, whether performing on the operatic stage...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2020

Ash Wednesday (Nethsingha)

There is a lot more ‘Evensong Live’ here than on the recent disc bearing that name from King’s College, Cambridge...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 03/2020

Diana Damrau: Strauss

It’s nine years since Diana Damrau’s last album dedicated to Richard Strauss (3/11). That release saw her in in a...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020

REICHA Requiem (Klauda)

Reicha’s Requiem, composed in Vienna in the first decade of the 19th century, has been described as a link between...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

MALLOY Octet (Original cast recording)

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the weird and wonderful work of Dave Molloy that...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020

KOŽELUCH Masonic Cantata

The cantata Joseph, Mankind’s Blessing was composed for use in one of Vienna’s Masonic lodges during a period of tolerance,...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2020

HAYDN Missa Cellensis (Doyle)

As so often with early(ish) Haydn, we can only speculate on the origins of this expansive ‘cantata Mass’, composed in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2020

HANDEL Messiah (Savall)

Jordi Savall’s claim that his performance of Messiah is based on Handel’s autograph score in the British Library is puzzling...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2020

HAHN Complete Songs (Tassis Christoyannis)

Reynaldo Hahn’s reputation rests primarily on his songs, so it comes as something of a shock to realise how few...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2020

EISLER Lieder, Vol 4 (Holger Falk)

The first three volumes of Holger Falk’s Eisler series with Steffen Schleiermacher (8/17, 1/18, A/18) ranged from 1929 to 1962,...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2020

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