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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 10h

Tanita Tikaram - LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) | One of our most expressive vocalists offers up a sequel of sorts to her debut album Ancient Heart

Tanita Tikaram – LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)

One of our most expressive vocalists offers up a sequel of sorts to her debut album Ancient Heart

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 10h

AFI - Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… | The Californians' 12th album feels like the culmination of what the band have been trying to do for over a decade

AFI – Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…

The Californians' 12th album feels like the culmination of what the band have been trying to do for over a decade

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 1d

Albert Herring review – Britten's comic opera arrives at English National Opera for the first time | Superb singing and playing anchor ENO’s first-ever Albert Herring, even if Antony McDonald’s semi-staging drains some of the fizz in the way it anchors the action

Albert Herring review – Britten’s comic opera arrives at English National Opera for the first time

Superb singing and playing anchor ENO’s first-ever Albert Herring, even if Antony McDonald’s semi-staging drains some of the fizz in the way it anchors the action

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 4d

Jake Arditti interview – finding the bite in Amanzio | As he tackles the villainous Amanzio in Handel’s Giustino at Royal Ballet and Opera, rising star Jake Arditti talks risk-taking on stage, building character through text and the expanding horizon for countertenors

Jake Arditti interview – finding the bite in Amanzio

As he tackles the villainous Amanzio in Handel’s Giustino at Royal Ballet and Opera, rising star Jake Arditti talks risk-taking on stage, building character through text and the expanding horizon for countertenors

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 5d

The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Ghost Nation | It takes some talent to make a weighty subject like the death of a country's identity and turn it into a rousing, intricate record. Yet here we are

The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Ghost Nation

It takes some talent to make a weighty subject like the death of a country's identity and turn it into a rousing, intricate record. Yet here we are

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 5d

The Antlers - Blight | Emotionally exhausting yet frequently stunning, this is an effortlessly compelling and haunting addition to Peter Silberman and co's impressive canon

The Antlers – Blight

Emotionally exhausting yet frequently stunning, this is an effortlessly compelling and haunting addition to Peter Silberman and co's impressive canon

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 5d

Carmen review – English National Opera’s Carmen revival smoulders but rarely burns | ENO’s revival of Bieito’s Carmen retains much of its original grit and muscle, yet loose early ensemble and a muted central spark keep the fuse from igniting

Carmen review – English National Opera’s Carmen revival smoulders but rarely burns

ENO’s revival of Bieito’s Carmen retains much of its original grit and muscle, yet loose early ensemble and a muted central spark keep the fuse from igniting

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 6d

Giustino review – RBO serves fast, funny Handel with top-flight singing | A nimble, witty staging at the Linbury lets Handel’s slight Giustino sparkle, with Polly Leech and Keri Fuge on blazing form, and David Bates keeping everything buoyant in the pit

Giustino review – Royal Ballet and Opera serves fast, funny Handel with top-flight singing

A nimble, witty staging at the Linbury lets Handel’s slight Giustino sparkle, with Polly Leech and Keri Fuge on blazing form, and David Bates keeping everything buoyant in the pit

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 7d

Konzerthausorchester review – Iván Fischer conducts Mendelssohn and Wagner | The Konzerthausorchester Berlin marks Unity Day with an exceptional evening of music making, crowned with a blazing Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung, superbly sung by Catherine Foster under Iván Fischer’s expert baton

Konzerthausorchester Berlin review – Iván Fischer conducts Mendelssohn and Wagner

The Konzerthausorchester Berlin marks Unity Day with an exceptional evening of music making, crowned with a blazing Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung, superbly sung by Catherine Foster under Iván Fischer’s expert baton

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 9d

Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl | Guaranteed to be one of the year's biggest pop records, the follow-up to The Tortured Poets Department nevertheless sounds like an artist on autopilot

Taylor Swift – The Life Of A Showgirl

Guaranteed to be one of the year's biggest pop records, the follow-up to The Tortured Poets Department nevertheless sounds like an artist on autopilot

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 11d

KETTAMA - Archangel | Electronic producer’s long awaited debut album is at its best when the kickdrums are thumping and the synth chords are blaring

KETTAMA – Archangel

Electronic producer’s long awaited debut album is at its best when the kickdrums are thumping and the synth chords are blaring

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 11d

Sacred and Profane review – Monteverdi Choir brings Rossini to Cadogan Hall | Moving away from their usual period heartland, Monteverdi Choir are joined by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and soloists under Jakob Lehmann for a programme of Italian Romanticism

Sacred and Profane review – Monteverdi Choir brings Rossini to Cadogan Hall

Moving away from their usual period heartland, Monteverdi Choir are joined by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and soloists under Jakob Lehmann for a programme of Italian Romanticism

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 12d

Idlewild - Idlewild | Scottish guitar outfit with renewed purpose and energy on first album in six years

Idlewild – Idlewild

Scottish guitar outfit return with renewed purpose and energy on first album in six years

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 16d

Patrick Watson - Uh Oh | This album to live inside affirms that even the worst thing that can happen can be channelled into something inspiring

Patrick Watson – Uh Oh

This album to live inside affirms that even the worst thing that can happen can be channelled into something inspiring

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 16d

The Beths @ Roundhouse, London review: "Spreading happiness and joy" | Kiwi guitar power-pop purveyors showcase the endearing, technicolour sounds of new album The Straight Line Was A Lie

The Beths @ Roundhouse, London review: “Spreading happiness and joy”

Kiwi guitar power-pop purveyors showcase the endearing, technicolour sounds of new album The Straight Line Was A Lie

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 16d

Cinderella review – English National Opera delivers an evening of wit, warmth and vocal fireworks | ENO’s season opener blends Rossini’s comic flair with stylish direction, and a cast led by a dazzling Deepa Johnny in the title role

Cinderella review – English National Opera delivers an evening of wit, warmth and vocal fireworks

ENO’s season opener blends Rossini’s comic flair with stylish direction, and a cast led by a dazzling Deepa Johnny in the title role

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 16d

Huw Montague Rendall / Joseph Middleton review: Die schöne Müllerin at Leeds Song | An afternoon of Schubert performed by two outstanding musicians

Huw Montague Rendall / Joseph Middleton review: Die schöne Müllerin at Leeds Song

An afternoon of Schubert performed by two outstanding musicians

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 20d

Kathryn Williams - Mystery Park | A worthy addition to an already remarkable discography that also makes a fine entry point for anyone new to her work

Kathryn Williams – Mystery Park

A worthy addition to an already remarkable discography that also makes a fine entry point for anyone new to her work

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 20d

Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green | After her home was destroyed by fire, her eighth album reasserts her unshakeable authority with songs of depth, detail and ambition

Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green

After her home was destroyed by fire, her eighth album reasserts her unshakeable authority with songs of depth, detail and ambition

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 20d

Cate Le Bon - Michelangelo Dying | Heartbreak is rarely as raw or bittersweet as it is on this brave, cathartic and uplifting piece of work

Cate Le Bon – Michelangelo Dying

Heartbreak is rarely as raw or bittersweet as it is on this brave, cathartic and uplifting piece of work

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 20d

Cardi B - Am I The Drama? | The American rapper finally returns with a wide-ranging but spotty LP

Cardi B – Am I The Drama?

The American rapper finally returns with a wide-ranging but spotty LP

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 20d

The Sicilian Vespers review – musical brilliance and theatrical excess collide at Royal Ballet and Opera | Joyce El-Khoury and Quinn Kelsey deliver plenty of vocal fireworks, while Speranza Scappucci drives the score with authority in a visually overstuffed revival of Verdi’s grand French opera at…

The Sicilian Vespers review – musical brilliance and theatrical excess collide at Royal Ballet and Opera

Joyce El-Khoury and Quinn Kelsey deliver plenty of vocal fireworks, while Speranza Scappucci drives the score with authority in a visually overstuffed revival of Verdi’s grand French opera at Covent Garden

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 21d

Robert Plant - Saving Grace | A testament to the joy of making music, this is a true ensemble piece where every voice and every instrument serves the songs

Robert Plant – Saving Grace

A testament to the joy of making music, this is a true ensemble piece where every voice and every instrument serves the songs

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 21d

Geese - Getting Killed | The Brooklyn quartet's third album brings a sense of unerring chaos to a work that is exciting, creative and wondrously strange

Geese – Getting Killed

The Brooklyn quartet's third album brings a sense of unerring chaos to a work that is exciting, creative and wondrously strange

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musicOMH @musicomh.com · 23d

London Symphony Orchestra review – Antonio Pappano conducts Britten and Shostakovich | Janine Jansen delivers a gripping account of Britten’s Violin Concerto, and Antonio Pappano and the LSO bring power and precision to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

London Symphony Orchestra review – Antonio Pappano conducts Britten and Shostakovich

Janine Jansen delivers a gripping account of Britten’s Violin Concerto, and Antonio Pappano and the LSO bring power and precision to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

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