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CHOPIN Preludes BEETHOVEN Bagatelles

Listening to his impressive new recording, it’s easy to understand why Cristian Budu won the Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2016

BRUCE Gumboots BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet

Here’s a double delight. First, an engaging new work which deserves a place in the chamber repertory; second, a passionate...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2016

Nicholas Angelich: Dedication

Nicholas Angelich’s new release, with its conceptual underpinning of Schumann’s work dedicated to Chopin, Chopin’s to Liszt and Liszt’s to...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2016

Tenet: The Secret Lover

Founded in 1580 by the Duke of Ferrara, the Concerto delle Donne was an institution that revolutionised women’s role in...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2016

Rêves d’Espagne!

‘I hope this CD allows you to dream for a while and escape your everyday reality,’ Henk Neven writes in...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2016

Her Heavenly Harmony

It is old news to mention the fact that their polished blend and ensemble come from the fact that the...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2016

English Romantic Madrigals

It’s a mystery how often repertoire being recorded diverges from what is performed in concert halls. Sometimes there are obvious...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2016

Decades: A Century of Song Vol 1

As Susan Youens puts it – with some understatement – in her superb booklet-note, ‘The decade from 1810 to 1820...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 07/2016

VENEZIANO St John Passion

Favourite pupil of Francesco Provenzale and the most prominent Neapolitan composer before the arrival of Scarlatti, Gaetano Veneziano lived and...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 07/2016

RUTTER Psalmfest

Fans of John Rutter will welcome this premiere recording of his Psalmfest, a collection of seven of his existing psalm...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 07/2016

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