Short it may be, but this five-track release says a great deal about Jeneba Kanneh-Mason as an interpreter. Her command of tone and dynamics is marvellous throughout, and the effect is quite entrancing. The idea is a neat one: to follow the wordless song ... See more
There is something unashamedly feel-good about William Grant Still's symphonic writing. Within moments of this new release from the National Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, you are carried back to the 1940s, to an America of wide horizons and bi... See more
Some choirs impress you with their power, others with their polish. Skylark Vocal Ensemble does both, and this is a tremendous disc for anyone who cherishes choral singing of the highest calibre. Under its artistic director Matthew Guard, the ensemble pai... See more
A persuasive first step into a Ukrainian voice still too rarely heard If the name Boris Lyatoshynsky means little to you, you are in good company, and this is the place to put that right. In his homeland he stands among the giants of twentieth-century mus... See more
In a coruscating new disc, Jess Gillam sparkles with a joie de vivre that lives up to every letter of its title. Shine is less an album than a shaft of sunlight breaking through a rain-streaked window, and it arrives not a moment too soon for those of us ... See more
