Online classical concerts & events to enjoy this month (January 2025)
Peter Quantrill explores a range of documentaries and concerts from Sir Antonio Pappano, Daniel...
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MOZART The Magic Flute
This Magic Flute, which is performed in English, should come with a warning. You have to look closely at the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2011
KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt
Both recent productions (2009) of Korngold’s masterpiece testify to its continuing appeal to audiences and directors alike. The casting of...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2011
HANDEL Alcina
It’s quite a surprise to find a Handel opera emanating from Vienna, albeit with a foreign orchestra and production team:...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 12/2011
Treasures of Christ Church
Every composition on this disc has a strong connection with Christ Church, Oxford, and the programme includes works by directors...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 12/2011
Songs of Farewell
‘Scratch a French composer and underneath you’ll find Massenet; scratch an English composer and you’ll find Parry.’ Parry’s choral masterpieces,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2011
Lamentazione
The logo of Les Arts Florissants incorporates its customary ‘William Christie’ but this concert at the historic abbey in Ambronay...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2011
In the Beginning
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, was founded in 2008 and this debut CD will undoubtedly establish them as one...
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 12/2011
From the Old World to the New
Karina Lucas, a young British singer new to me, and her instrumental accomplices offer an imaginative, offbeat programme framing assuaging...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2011
Ecuador Baroque
A year or so ago I reviewed Hespèrion XXI’s exploration of Latin American music in the 18th century (A/10) and...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2011
'Chamber Vespers'
As Jamie Savan, founder of the Gonzaga Band, points out in his excellent notes, cash‑strapped Italian churches and cathedrals could...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2011
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
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Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
Review - Sergei Rachmaninoff: In His Own Words (Edited by Geoffrey Norris)
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
Review - Audiolab 9000N: ‘A major achievement on many levels’
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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