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DYSON Choral Symphony

A game of two halves in which the first might be more noteworthy but the second is far better. Paul...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2018

DVOŘÁK Requiem (Herreweghe)

With forces a fraction of those envisaged by the composer and not a single Czech or English native among the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms

Though scored by Vaughan Williams with the Huddersfield Choral Society in mind, it transpires that Dona nobis pacem need lose...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018

JS BACH St Matthew Passion (Rademann)

There are strong arguments for opening out the themes of the Passion by means not of a staging transplanted from...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2018

Timeless Night: Estonian Cello Works

You get your money’s worth here: Estonia’s flagship orchestra, two of the finest choirs in the Baltics (and, therefore, the...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 12/2017

Una Serata Venexiana

With every disc they release there’s something new to like about Capella de la Torre – oboist Katharina Bäuml’s Austria-based...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2018

Vilde Frang: Homage

For openers Vilde Frang treats us to a chirpy morsel by Franz Ries, La capricciosa, a piece that as a...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2018

Tamsin Waley-Cohen: Bohemia

The heart gives a little leap at the prospect of Dvořák chamber music, especially when it comes from a duo...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2017

SILVESTROV Hieroglyphen der Nacht

This recording of music for cello solo and two cellos by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov is a disc of...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2018

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 7, 8 & 9 (Altius Quartet)

It is curious how rarely these three quartets, written in relatively close proximity (Nos 7 and 8 in 1960, No...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2017

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