Reviews
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Freddie De Tommaso – latest album Il Tenore: review
This week sees...
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Edward Nesbit: Sacred Choral Music
Ruby Hughes (s), Choir of King’s College, London, Joshua Simões (org) / Joseph Fort (dir)
Delphian DCD34256 [66:40]
★★★★★
Le Manuscrit de Madame Théobon
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord by Nicolas Dumont (1704)
Aparte AP256 (2CDs) [55:00; 67:00]
★★★★★A fortuitous purchase (via eBay) of a collection of 80 17th-century harpsichord...
J.S. Bach: Magnificat; C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat
Miriam Feuersinger (s), Anja Scherg (s), Marie Henriette Reinhold (a), Patrick Grahl (t), Markus Eiche (b), Gaechinger Cantorey / Hans-Christoph Rademann (dir)
Accentus Music...
Olivier Latry – Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Olivier Latry, Notre-Dame de Paris
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Deutsche Grammophon 486 1466 (10CDs) [63:04; 64:22; 60:12; 72:43;
78:34;
Recording review: Joyce DiDonato’s Eden
Joyce DiDonato’s new album Eden takes a philosophical look at man’s relationship with the natural world through the lens of songs,
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Anton Bruckner: The Symphonies Organ Transcriptions vol.2
Hansjörg Albrecht, Willis organ (1922), Westminster Cathedral, London
Oehms Classics OC 478 [80:11]
★★★★★Taking Bruckner’s symphonies to the organ seems to be an increasingly...
Dove + Weir + Martin
Choir of Westminster Abbey, Peter Holder (org) / James O’Donnell (dir)
Hyperion CDA 68350 [70:16]
★★★★★This is a truly thrilling recording in every way.
Vaughan Williams: Transcriptions from Truro
David Briggs, Father Willis organ (1887), Truro Cathedral; Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Albion Records ALBCD 049 [76:26]
★★★★★
Choral Music by John Tavener and Francis Grier
Rodolfus Choir / Ralph Allwood (dir)
Rodolfus Foundation [32:00]
★★★★★This programme of Tavener and Grier showcases the Rodolfus Choir – a youth choir of...
J.S. Bach: Complete Chorales for Four-Part Mixed Choir
Ed. Thomas Daniel
Breitkopf & Härtel Urtext ChB 5377, €19.90.Albert Riemenschneider was an American musicologist and organist.
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The Making of an English Organ Builder – John Nicholson of Worcester
James Berrow
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British Institute of Organ Studies (2021), ISBN 978-0-9955419-1-7, h/b, 464+xv pp; prices including p&p: (UK) £29.20,
De Lange: Requiem
Netherlands Chamber Choir / Uwe Gronostay (dir)
Brilliant Classics 96106 [53:45]
★★★★★Bookended by works by Diepenbrock and Röntgen,
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J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1
Cristiano Holtz, harpsichord by Matthias Kramer after Zell (1728)
Ramée RAM 1912 (2CDs) [123:29]
★★★★★This new recording of such familiar repertoire is a breath...
Josquin’s Legacy
The Gesualdo Six
Hyperion CDA 68379As 2021...
A Tribute to Nicolas Kynaston
Nicolas Kynaston, Ott organ (1956) / rest. Walker (1984), Kreuzkirche, Bonn; J. Klais organ (1914) / rebuilt H.G. Klais (1979),
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Berlioz: Requiem – Grande messe des morts
Javier Camarena (t), Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Concertgebouworkest / Antonio Pappano (dir)
RCO 19006 [83:41]
★★★★★This live recording was...
Philip Moore: Organ Works
Stephen Farr, Harrison & Harrison organ (1962), St Albans Cathedral
Resonus RES 10284 [78:03]
★★★★★Since his retirement from York Minster in 2008,
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The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces
This important new book by the... 
Lilit Grigoryan plays Mompou
The piano works of Catalan composer Federico Mompou (1893-1987) are completely individual: elliptical, brief, taut. There is a sort of Webernian intensity to his...
