The Trojans return to France
- Monday, September 3, 2018
James Jolly reports from Strasbourg where John Nelson and a star-studded cast, headed by Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, have recorded Berlioz’s epic opera
James Jolly reports from Strasbourg where John Nelson and a star-studded cast, headed by Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, have recorded Berlioz’s epic opera
Listen to the 10 recordings that have won 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Awards
Arvo Pärt meets Viktoria Mullova
Editor Martin Cullingford’s pick of the finest recordings from this month’s reviews
As we celebrate Birgit Nilsson’s centenary in 2018, Mike Ashman explores the great Swedish soprano’s legacy through the memories and accounts of her friends and colleagues
Capella Gabetta contrast works by Vivaldi and Piazzolla at the 2018 Gstaad Menuhin Festival
With music now available in an ever-wider range of formats, many of them in files much larger than standard CD quality, Andrew Everard asks ‘What are the advantages? And why do you need them?’
Hugo Shirley and Richard Fairman revisit Abbado’s 1977 La Scala recording of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, only to confirm its classic status
Gavin Dixon pays tribute to the short-lived Italian conductor and polymath whose life and work were full of surprises and whose controversial interpretations often divided opinion
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