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VICTORIA Tenebrae Responsories

The works on this disc are taken from Victoria’s Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (published Rome, 1585), a vast offering of polyphonic...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2018

SOLOMON Pickwick GROSSMITH Cups and Saucers

No, not the Cyril Ornadel/Leslie Bricusse musical from 1963 but Burnand and Solomon’s one-act ‘dramatic cantata’ premiered at the Comedy...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2018

SCHÜTZ Kleiner geistlichen Concerten II

It’s five years since Carus issued the first volume of Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Schütz published the two sets in 1636...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2018

SCHUBERT Winterreise (in English)

We’re still used to opera being performed in English, not least on record through the series sponsored by the late...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2018

PORPORA L'amato nome: Cantatas for the Prince of Wales

Nicola Porpora arrived in London in the 1730s to participate in the launch of the Opera of the Nobility, a...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 05/2018

Sera D'Inverno: Songs by Ildebrando Pizzetti

Ildebrando Pizzetti’s songs have fallen into near-obscurity of late, so this recital, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2018

MACHAUT Fortune's Child

Five volumes in, Hyperion’s Machaut series shows no sign of running out of puff. In large part that’s due to...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2018

Ceremonial Oxford: Music for the Georgian University

William Hayes (1708 77) was Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, one of the founders of the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2018

FRESCOBALDI Affetti Amorosi

Born in Ferrara, Frescobaldi spent time at the nearby court of the Gonzaga in Mantua in 1615, just a few...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 05/2018

FRANKEL War Paint

The title, the concept, the casting would seem to have Broadway success written all over it. A musical about the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 05/2018

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