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Ravel Enfant et les Sortilèges
My much respected late colleague Philip Hope-Wallace, who knew a thing or two about French opera, described this, when it...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1989
V. Novák Nicotina
Brno Madrigal Singers | Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra | Frantisek Jílek
Nikotina is, you might expect, the goddess of tobacco, and indeed, in Novak's ballet-pantomime, she is the vision of an...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1988
Beethoven Christus
This performance and recording, while not ideal, go a good way towards confirming my view that Christus am Oelberge, has...
Reviewed in issue 6/1987
Baroque Vocal Works
Handel went to Italy in order to broaden his musical horizons and his stay there (1706–10) effectively and permanently reshaped...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1988
BOWEN; BRITTEN; HOLST Chamber Music With Viola
Anthony Hewitt | Jeffrey Armstrong | Yue Yu
It was during his student days at the Royal Academy of Music that York Bowen (1884-1961) first struck up a...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2023
Janácek (5) Operas; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba
No one who heard young Charlie Mackerras conduct Kát’a Kabanová at Sadler’s Wells in 1951 is likely to have forgotten...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2005
VASKS Oboe Concerto. Lauda (Albrecht Mayer)
Albrecht Mayer | Andris Poga | Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
A lot changed in Latvia between the early 1980s and the late 2010s. So, therefore, did the music of the...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: AW21
SCHREKER Der ferne Klang (Weigle)
This recording of Schreker’s second opera, Der ferne Klang, derives from live performances in Frankfurt, the city where the work...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 07/2021
Picker Thérèse Raquin
Tobias Picker’s opera‚ to a libretto by Gene Scheer adapted from Emile Zola’s novel‚ was first performed at Dallas in...
Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 10/2002
Geminiani Concerti Grossi (after Corelli, Op. 5)
Academy of Ancient Music | Alison McGillivray | Andrew Manze | David Watkin | Richard Egarr
In his writing and talking about baroque music, Andrew Manze has always shown a knack for evoking the musical goings-on...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/2000
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