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GIORDANO Andrea Chénier (Armiliato)

When it was under the leadership of Nikolaus Bachler, the Bavarian State Opera rarely had a season without Jonas Kaufmann,...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 12/2023

DUNI Le peintre amoureux de son modèle. Les deux chasseurs et la laitière

Egidio Duni (1708‑75) is not a total stranger to the recorded catalogue but he hasn’t been a regular visitor to...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2023

Carolyn Sampson: but I like to sing...

A hundred recordings – it’s a milestone worth celebrating, and soprano Carolyn Sampson does it in style with a recital...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2023

Lise Davidsen: Christmas from Norway

You have reached a certain status as a singer when you are granted a ‘Christmas With’ album. As far back...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2023

TORMIS Reminiscentiae

This collection comprises a number of Veljo Tormis’s choral pieces, as one might expect, but the central work is the...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2023

Schubert in English Vol 4

These are new translations by Jeremy Sams, commissioned by Christopher Glynn for a modern English-speaking audience. They flow naturally with...

Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 12/2023

PICKARD Mass in Troubled Times (Brabbins)

Top billing on the front cover of this latest BIS release devoted to John Pickard goes to his 2018 Mass...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2023

JOSQUIN I. Motets & chansons

Billed as ‘a new sound for Josquin’, Cut Circle have plenty of revolutionary zeal. But don’t let that put you...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2023

HANDEL Messiah (Fagioli; Nelson)

Two Messiahs recorded at the end of last year, and ready for Christmas this. Both, too, were done in large...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2023

CHILCOTT Christmas Oratorio (Nicholas)

From Schütz, JS Bach and Charpentier onwards, many composers have drawn inspiration from the Christmas narratives contained in the St...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2023

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