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The Bach Players: Bach and before

As ever The Bach Players have devised a programme to get you listening with fresh ears, in this case to...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 02/2018

Äneas Humm: Awakening

The Swiss baritone Äneas Humm is only in his early twenties – and arguably looks even younger on the cover...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2018

A due alti

Countertenors Filippo Mineccia and Raffaele Pé form a vocally impressive and well-matched duo for this selection of duetti da camera...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 02/2018

R WILLIAMS Sacred Choral Works

Roderick Williams OBE (b1965) is no stranger to these pages, being one of this country’s most distinguished baritones, equally at...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2018

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Beyond My Dream: Music from Greek Plays

Here’s yet another hugely enterprising rescue-act from Albion Records, this time on behalf of nearly 63 minutes’ worth of incidental...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2018

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel

In his absorbing booklet essay, Stephen Connock draws attention to Vaughan Williams’s very special and deeply personal identification with the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 02/2018

VASKS Laudate Dominum

Lauma Malnace’s booklet note speaks of Pēteris Vasks’s ability to ‘transform something deeply personal into a metaphysical message’, which is...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 02/2018

SCHNITTKE Requiem. Three Sacred Hymns

There are some half a dozen recordings of Schnittke’s Requiem in existence but it can hardly be considered mainstream repertoire,...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 02/2018

RORE Portrait of the Artists as a Starved Dog

Cipriano de Rore’s discography is a pale reflection of his artistic and historical significance. Graindelavoix’s previous foray into the Italian...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 02/2018

PROKOFIEV Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution

Following Prokofiev’s decision to reinvent himself as a Soviet composer, he wrote much that remains ideologically controversial. Less nakedly propagandist...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 02/2018

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