Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works album review – momentum and drive from the Master of the King’s Music
Dating from 2000 to 2023, referencing folk dance, spirituals and house music and including works for voices, there’s real of variety and quality here
Dvořák and Price String Quintets album review – a pairing of passion and sparkle
Dvořák’s Quintet No 2 in A major is full of charm, while Florence Price’s Piano Quintet in A minor is fleet of foot; this dream-team of chamber music makes them an excellent match
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Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling review – Boygenius singer turns timidly tasteful
The Virginia songwriter gets lost in understatement on a loved-up album about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker, shrouding sharp lyrics in shy melodies
Ravel: Fragments album review – Chamayou’s piano dances and dazzles in a luminous birthday celebration
A must-listen for Ravel lovers, large-scale works such as Daphnis et Chloé shine alongside miniatures by contemporaries and more recent admirers
Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor album review – first complete recording illuminates its vertiginous contrasts
Moments of stillness and animation, spareness and exuberance, are highlighted in a confident performance of a work started in 1948 – now finally recorded with its fourth movement
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Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt: Loose Talk review – Roxy demos remade, remodelled as eerie duets
Veering from the standard heritage-artist playbook, Ferry pairs unearthed demos from across his career with cool narration from Barratt, to beautiful, unsettling effect
