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A Prayer for Deliverance Works by Howells, Holst, Tavener, Joel Thompson, Cecilia Mcdowall, Francis Pott, Caroline Shaw et al Tenebrae/nigel Short Signum Classics SIGCD880 Advances in technology have seen a big increase in the number of...
Forgotten Melodies Works by Glinka, Medtner, Rachmaninov & Glazunov Alexander Malofeev (piano) Sony Classical 19802936922 121 mins The young Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev has had a neat idea: gathering together four composers who...
A Prayer for Deliverance is the title of this year’s BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Year – a stunning showcase for the ‘effortless versatility’ of Nigel Short’s Tenebrae, ‘with a cappella singing that is precise yet never precious,...
Former editor, Opera Now ‘Remembering all those shocking nights at the opera made me realise that directors are rarely at their best when well-behaved: give them a masterpiece, throw in some nudity and carnage, then watch the scandal unfold…’
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