Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
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Arvo Pärt Live
‘Arvo Pärt Live’ covers a broader area than BR-Klassik’s previous release of Pärt’s Te Deum (7/15), ranging from the early,...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2017
MOZART Coronation Mass
The coupling is a time-honoured one: two of Mozart’s best-loved church works from the end of his Salzburg career. No...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2017
MONTEVERDI Vespers
This is a Vespers to catch attention, that’s for sure: La Compagnia del Madrigale, so well esteemed for their recordings...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2017
MAHLER Song Cycles
The breadth and variety of the catalogue for these three great Mahler song groups is such that any new recording...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2017
LA TOMBELLE Mélodies
Tassis Christoyannis and Jeff Cohen continue their survey of the lesser-known French song repertory with this splendid disc of mélodies...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2017
FUX Ave regina
The reputation of Johann Joseph Fux suffers from the fact that he was the author of one of the most...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2017
ELIAS Electra Mourns
Over almost five decades of composing, Brian Elias has created an output which, if not large (his publisher’s catalogue currently...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2017
DVOŘÁK Mass in D
For the latest instalment of Naxos’s traversal of Dvořák’s choral works, Antoni Wit directs two of Spain’s most venerable and...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2017
BERGMAN Choral Works
For many, Erik Bergman was responsible for freeing Finnish music from its post-Sibelius stasis; for opening the country up to...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2017
DELIUS; BAX Choral Music
Not much unites Delius and Bax beyond nationality and some mutual friends. Despite the former composer’s famous cosmopolitanism, it’s Bax’s...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 07/2017
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Review - William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
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