Music + Album reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.No sound is left unturned as the soprano-composer-musician and friends range from Barbara Strozzi to Errollyn Wallen and Werner’s own work
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4 out of 5 stars.This hugely danceable reboot of the 1950s Cuban sound features slick solos and a Palo Mayombe priest on vocals
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4 out of 5 stars.
Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček album review – eccentric opera has sparkle and muscle
4 out of 5 stars.Jaroslav Březina is characterful in the title role for this new studio recording, heading an excellent cast and orchestra who know this music inside out
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4 out of 5 stars.This three-movement album from pianist and shaman Nduduzo Makhathini’s trio combines blues, bop and folk song to transcendental effect
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2 out of 5 stars.
Megan Thee Stallion: Megan review – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority
2 out of 5 stars.The feelgood fun of Hot Girl Summer and WAP has been replaced by icy tales of false friends, adultery and incessant betrayal in a broadly humourless, navel-gazing album -
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Beethoven: Complete String Quartets album review – up there with the best
4 out of 5 stars.