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The Fraternity - The Requiem Mass sung in plainchant

Decca has the Cistercian monks of Heiligenkreuz and the nuns of Notre-Dame-de-L’Annonciation, ClassicFM has the Ampleforth monks, Deutsche Grammophon the...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2017

The Gate of Heaven

On the one hand, serious admiration for what Robert Quinney is already doing to this illustrious choir within its own...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 08/2017

First Drop

‘First Drop’ aims to capture that special alchemy that takes place between ensemble and composer when a new work is...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2017

The Carlo G Manuscript: Virtuoso liturgical music from the early 17th century

One of the great things about early music is that there are still discoveries out there to be made. And...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2017

Kathleen Ferrier Remembered

The fact that 19 of the 26 tracks on this release are here made public for the first time will...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017

Julie Davies - Première Portraits

This is an unhackneyed programme of songs from a young American soprano, the latest in a series called ‘Première Portraits’....

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2017

VICTORIA Works for 6 Voices

This is perhaps Nordic Voices’ most satisfying recording to date. Peter Quantrill’s review of their ‘Lamentations’ disc (which also included...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2017

VIARDOT Deutsche Lieder

This, first and foremost, is a labour both of love and of scholarship. Miriam Alexandra combines a career as a...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2017

STRAUSS The Complete Songs Vol 8

Roger Vignoles starts his characteristically engaging booklet note for this final volume in Hyperion’s Strauss song survey with an explanation...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2017

STRADELLA Santa Pelagia

The sources of Santa Pelagia relate to performances in Modena in 1688 – six years after Stradella was murdered in...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 08/2017

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