Reviews
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Josquin: Masses
Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (dir) Gimell CDGIM 051 [71:40] ★★★★★ Crowning glory to a cycle begun in 1986, thisRead More -
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Tanya Houghton (hp) / Graham Ross (dir) Harmonia mundi HMM 905329 [74:58] ★★★★ Another recordingRead More -
Best opera recordings of 2020
Francis Muzzu rounds up the ten best (and a couple of the worst…) opera CDs and DVDs released in 2020Read More -
Review: Mozart’s Requiem in concert at ENO
Mozart – Requiem English National Opera, London Coliseum November 2020 Panic, frustration, anger, a sense of helplessness – livingRead More -
Hugh Bonneville joins ESO to launch new storytelling series
On Friday 27 November, the English Symphony Orchestra’s (ESO) new Storytelling Series launches with a musical setting of The UglyRead More -
A joy to play: Yamaha’s new Clavinova CLP-700 digital piano series
Yamaha recently launched their CLP-700 Series of Clavinovas, an extension of their already successful line of digital pianos. Describing theRead More -
My Choral Coach – Match My Sound review
In the November issue of MT, Dale Wills road-tested Match My Sound’s new online choral trainer in light of the currentRead More -
New online tool teaches social-emotional learning through music
US-based Dancing Drum has launched Drumming Up Character, an online curriculum providing a music-focused framework for character education and social-emotionalRead More -
Review: Wexford Festival Opera 2020
Wexford Festival Opera 2020: The Festival in the air Available to watch online Rosetta Cucchi is the artistic director ofRead More -
Recording Edward Gregson’s complete piano music
A new disc of Edward Gregson’s complete music for solo piano has been released by Naxos. Murray McLachlan shares hisRead More -
Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja – Live in Concert
Met Stars Live in Concert: Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy Available to watch online untilRead More -
CD of the Month – Peter Grimes from Chandos
Peter Grimes Britten Chandos CHSA5250(2) ***** It is perhaps a bit glib to say that the new recordingRead More -
Ermonela Jaho launches debut solo album
‘Music needs to speak from the soul!’ exclaims Ermonela Jaho. The soprano certainly gives her all, and audiences respond withRead More -
Exploring the kinky side of opera
Axel Englund, a literature professor at Stockholm University who has, among other accomplishments, translated Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient MarinerRead More -
Opera Now DVD of the Month
Barry Kosky seizes Orphée aux enfers and gives it a good directorial shake – already mad, he makes itRead More -
Palestrina for All: Unwrapping, singing, celebrating by Jonathan Boswell Review
Palestrina for All: Unwrapping, singing, celebrating Jonathan Boswell Boswell, ISBN 978-1721968954, p/b, 176pp, £6.23, (Kindle ed.) £3 ‘I hate Palestrina’Read More -
Ready, steady, rock: ABRSM Journeys Guitar review
ABRSM’s new guitar resource offers independent learners a pathway to playing rock and pop – but does this route leadRead More -
Online resource review: Music Playtime
This review was written by Karen Marshall and appeared in the June 2020 issue of Music Teacher. Music Playtime anRead More -
Spem in Alium / Vidi Aquam – CD review
Spem in Alium / Vidi Aquam ORA Singers/ Suzi Digby (dir) Harmonia mundi HMM 902669.70 ★★★★★ The line-up for thisRead More -
J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1 – Keyboard CD review
J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1 Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord (David Way 1982, after Hemsch) Deutsche Grammophon 483 8436 (2CDs)Read More
