Review - David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition – The Complete Columbia & HMV Recordings
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
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MOZART The Magic Flute
William Kentridge’s production of Die Zauberflöte was first seen at La Monnaie in Brussels in 2005. Since then it has...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2012
MOZART Seraglio
It could be years before we see a light-hearted production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail again. While relations between...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 05/2012
MASSENET Don Quichotte
Don Quichotte was the fourth opera commissioned from Massenet by Raoul Gunsbourg, director of the Monte Carlo Opéra. The title-role...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2012
HEGGIE Dead Man Walking
The next logical step for Jake Heggie’s hit opera Dead Man Walking would seem to be a DVD. In its...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 05/2012
Slavic Heroes
Regardless of one’s admiration for Mariusz Kwiecien´’s singing on this disc, the programming fills a valuable niche: the smartly chosen...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2012
Pure Diva
Australian ears might apprehend this disc with less puzzlement. The iconic significance of Joan Hammond is more obvious to those...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2012
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Despite his bizarre fears about stage directors (see Gramophone, A/11), Marek Janowski is no slouch when it comes to imparting...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2012
VERDI La forza del destino
Is La forza del destino Verdi’s best shot at Il re Lear? A grand-opera update of late Donizetti and Bellini...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2012
TELEMANN Opera Arias
The quietly progressing Telemann renaissance means that nowadays admirers are quick to praise the finesse of his best instrumental compositions...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2012
STRAVINSKY The Rake's Progress
Students of art history have almost as much reason to thank Glyndebourne for this DVD as opera lovers. A video...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2013
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Debussy in Context (Edited by Simon Trezise) | Book Review
In our current dark times we need Debussy as much as ever. And this book is a perfect way in if you...
Box-set Round-up: November 2024 (Prêtre, Celibidache, Jansons)
Rob Cowan on the legacies of a trio of conductors in the music in which they excelled
Replay: The bel canto violin of Alfredo Campoli, plus Madeleine de Valmalète, Monique Haas, Emanuel Feuermann & Alfred Dubois
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Review - Wolfgang Sawallisch: The Warner Classics Edition - Complete Opera Recordings
Rob Cowan dives into Warner’s second volume of Wolfgang Sawallisch’s recordings
Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound (by Kate Kennedy) | Book Review
It’s hard to think of another book about a specific instrument that goes quite as deep as this
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