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Showing posts with label cd review. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Fogli d'album: Anna Bonitatibus & Adele d'Aronzo explore the barely tapped wealth of Rossini's occasional pieces

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Rossini - Fogli d'album ; Anna Bonitatibus, Adele d'Aronzo; Prospero   Reviewed 22 September 2026 Rossini's occasional pieces, e...
Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Be still, and know that I am God: Choral Contemplations - Sacred Introits & Motets from Phoenix Consort & Adam Whitmore on Convivium Records

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Choral Contemplations - Sacred Introits & Motets: Peter Blumson, John-Paul Bowman, Rosemary Broadbent, David Fletcher, David Goymour, Ad...
Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Superbly realised: Elements from saxophonist Huw Wiggin & harpist Oliver Wass

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Elements - Charlotte Harding, Yshani Perinpanayagam, David Wallace, Simon Rowland-Jones, Laura Bowler, Andy Scott, Couperin, Purcell, Viva...
Thursday, 11 June 2026

Familiar yet unfamiliar: with Summa, Cello Octet Amsterdam present Arvo Pärt's music in performances that are simply mesmeric

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Summa - Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio, Silouan’s Song, Da Pacem Domine, Psalom, Missa Brevis, Summa, O-Antiphonen, Pari Intervallo ; Cello Octet Ams...
Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Unashamedly romantic with an expressive use of dissonance & sophisticated atmosphere: the music of the remarkably youthful Christopher Churcher on Resonus Classics

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Moonrise : music by Christopher Churcher; Somerville College Choir, Oxford, Will Dawes; Resonus Classics Reviewed 12 May 2026 Music by the ...
Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Beautifully wrought & intensely serious: Kitty Whately & Julius Drake explore the songs of Madeleine Dring

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Through the Centuries : Songs by Madeleine Dring; Kitty Whately, Julius Drake; Chandos Reviewed 15 April 2026 If you thought Madeleine Dring...
Thursday, 2 April 2026

A sonic extravaganza: Alex Paxton's Candyfolk Spacedrum demonstrates his gift for carefully crafted music that has the energy & engagement of a communal jam session.

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Alex Paxton: Candyfolk Spacedrum : Alex Paxton, Jennifer Walshe, Riot Ensemble, Dreammusics Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Belham Primary Sch...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Warm hearted & with a twinkle in his eye: The Brook Street Band bring out the sense of enjoyment in the violin sonatas of Ipswich-based Joseph Gibbs

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Joseph Gibbs : 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 1 ; The Brook Street Band; First Hand Records Warm and characterful music that d...
Monday, 30 March 2026

Mozart the Travelling Whirlwind: the fourth of pianist Michael Wessel's exploration of Mozart's piano sonatas

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Mozart the Travelling Whirlwind - Mozart: Sonatas Nos. 7, 8, 9;  Michael Wessel; ARS Produktion Reviewed by Rey Andreas 27 March 2026 Germa...
Thursday, 26 March 2026

Letter from Florida: Robert J Carreras experiences Peter Lieberson's 'vehicle through which to reflect a different face in love’s mirror'

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Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs - Kelley O'Connor, New World Symphony, Stephane Deneve (Photo: Alex Markow, courtesy of New World Symphon...
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Seductive & expressive: for their disc on SOMM, Time Stands Still, tenor Kieran White & lutenist Cédric Meyer refocus the soundworld of Dowland & Danyel

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Time stands still: Dowland & Danyel; Kieran White, Cédric Meyer; SOMM Reviewed 24 March 2026 Two great lute-song contemporaries given a...
Thursday, 12 March 2026

Divine Impresario - Nicolini on Stage: countertenor Randall Scotting explores the musical world of the first major castrato to sing in London

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Divine Impresario: Nicolini on Stage : Broschi, Gasparini, Handel, Porpora, Mancini, Ariosto, Giaj; Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Double, Double Toil & Trouble: the recorder quartet Palisander explore 900 years of music inspired by the mystical and magical

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Double, Double Toil & Trouble  : Palisander  Reviewed 24 February 2025 An engaging look at music for recorder inspired by the mystical a...
Friday, 6 February 2026

Ethel Smyth's String Trio on Solaire records: Trio d'Iroise draw our focus onto this neglected piece

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Ethel Smyth: String Trio in D Major, Op. 6 ; Trio d'Iroise; Solaire Records Reviewed 2 February 2026 Smyth's early and relatively un...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Anonymous no more: Seven uncredited 16th century works from a choirbook created in Arundel & now residing in Lambeth, here given voice for the first time

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The Lambeth Anonymous:  Recordings from the Arundel Choirbook; Iken Scholars, Matthew Dunn; RUBICON Reviewed 3 February 2026 Seven anonymous...
Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Reviving the Queen of Sheba: American Romantics record a suite from Goldmark's once-popular first opera

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Goldmark:  The Queen of Sheba Suite ; American Romantics, Kevin Sherwin Reviewed 26 January 2026 Highly popular during his lifetime and up u...
Tuesday, 20 January 2026

A satisfying recital in so many ways: Katie Bray & William Vann explore the whole of Kurt Weill - In Search of Youkali

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In search of Youkali: The songs of Kurt Weill ; Katie Bray, William Vann, Murray Grainger, Marianne Schofield; CHANDOS Reviewed 20 January 2...
Friday, 19 December 2025

Enjoying it for its own sake: there is much we don't know about 17th-century Exeter organist John Lugge but on this new disc William Whitehead leaves us engaged & intrigued

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The Forbidden Fruit : organ music by John Lugge; William Whitehead; Editions Hortus Reviewed 15 December 2025 Using a French organ that prov...
Monday, 15 December 2025

Powerful & intense: the music of Elena Firsova & Dmitri Smirnov reflects their friendship with Rudersdal Chamber Players but also links back to Schnittke, Gubaidulina & Denisov

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Love and Loss: Elena Firsova, Dmitri Smirnov; Rudersdal Chamber Players; OUR Recordings Reviewed 15 December 2025 The Danish contemporary m...
Friday, 12 December 2025

Challenges & rewards: Tredegar Town Band celebrates the brass music of Robin Stevens with Brass Odyssey

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Robin Stevens: Brass Band Odyssey , Mancunian Fanfare and other works; Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse; World of Sound Reviewed 9 Decembe...