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Xiayin Wang: American Piano Concertos

Premiered in 1927, Copland’s Piano Concerto was described by one critic as ‘a jazz dance hall next to a poultry...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2013

SIBELIUS; BARBER Violin Concertos

The mother-and-daughter partnership of Zina Schiff and Avlana Eisenberg shows an evident unity of purpose in both concertos. In the...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 12/2013

JS BACH 4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-69

There are few musicians who appear more steeped in their worlds than Sigiswald Kuijken and one senses that Bach’s pure...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2013

JS BACH Violin Concertos : BWV1041 & BWV1042

For some, a disc of Bach’s Violin Concertos is incomplete without the ubiquitous ‘Double’ in D minor – and on...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2013

WAGNER Die Walküre. Siegfried

For Marek Janowski, coming up now to complete his second recorded Ring cycle, vocal colour – rather than strength or...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2013

VERDI Otello

Here is one of the great Verdi conductors of our time, who is now doing some of the best work...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin

The production by Covent Garden’s director of opera sees the story in flashback, beginning with Onegin and Tatyana’s final meeting....

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2013

RAMEAU Les surprises de l’Amour

The background to this unfamiliar work is confusing: let’s get it out of the way as concisely as possible. When...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2013

MOZART Die Zauberflöte

After suffering the ghastly production of Don Giovanni by Dmitri Tcherniakov (A/13), it’s a relief to be able to welcome...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2013

HUMPERDINCK Königskinder

Though still on the margins of the opera repertoire, Königskinder has well-placed friends in the opera and recording world who...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2013

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