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Portuguese a cappella vocal ensemble Cupertinos have gathered together 18 previously unheard works by composer Duarte Lobo for a forthcoming album. The selection includes a pair of masses which are almost totally unknown to modern audiences and a set of Christmas Responsories fine-tuned by the ensemble over a number of years. Hyperion releases the album in late August.
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and its conductor Alexander Shelley have announced a new cycle of album releases exploring the intensely personal and artistic connections between Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The first of four recordings, released on the Analekta label, has just appeared and features pianist Gabriela Montero performing Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto.
The Sacconi Quartet was joined by bassoonist Amy Harman, oboist Nicholas Daniel, soprano Mary Bevan and pianist Charles Owen for a recording in early March that was interrupted by the UK’S coronavirus lockdown. The musicians plan to continue their recording of chamber works by Roxanna Panufnik at the end of July and the album, titled Heartfelt, will be released on Signum Classics later in the year.
The li ing of Norway’s own lockdown restrictions has meant that the Engegård Quartet has been able to continue its Mozart quartet cycle. The musicians have just completed sessions on the third of a proposed eight-disc collection, recording at Oslo’s Sofienberg Church. The recording will be released this year by Lawo Records.
Violinist Tessa Lark, a 2018 recipient of a Borletti-buitoni Trust fellowship, undertook a challenging recording schedule ahead of the lockdown restrictions, but is set to complete work on her classical crossover album Stradgrass. First Hand Records are set to release the disc, featuring guest artists Edgar Meyer, Jon Batiste and Sierra Hull, in 2021.