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WAGNER Parsifal

In some respects this is a traditional Parsifal, with spears, a chalice, a grave for Titurel, a bed for Kundry’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2014

VERDI Macbeth

This Macbeth is the 62nd and final opera recording in English to be supported by Peter Moores – he started...

Reviewed in issue 06/2014

VERDI Don Carlo

This comes from the third of the four consecutive spring seasons that celebrated Karajan’s return to the Vienna State Opera...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2014

RAMEAU Castor & Pollux

We’re fortunate to have recordings of both the original 1737 version of Rameau’s opera Castor et Pollux (with prologue) and...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2014

HINDEMITH Tuttifäntchen

Hindemith’s ‘Christmas story in three scenes’ has long been the Cinderella among his stage works, especially on disc. Although CPO...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2014

F DAVID Lalla Roukh

Lalla Roukh (1862) was the fifth of the seven operas of Félicien David, a French contemporary of Mendelssohn, born in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 06/2014

BERNSTEIN West Side Story

Arriving just a little too late for inclusion in my comparative survey of West Side Story recordings for BBC Radio...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2014

Route 66: American Piano Music

Before discussing the music at hand, we need to address two incongruities. One: Shani Diluka calls her recital of 18...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2014

Stephen Hough: In the Night

A new disc from Stephen Hough is always welcome. How will he surprise us this time and where will he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2014

Geringas plays Bach Plus

David Geringas is very much of the school of his teacher Rostropovich when it comes to the Bach Suites: the...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2014

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