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Calleja: The Maltese Tenor

Here Joseph Calleja has decisively entered the Three Tenors zone – and I wish he’d waited a few more years....

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2011

HANDEL Ariodante

In 1734 Handel moved his opera company from the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket to John Rich’s new Theatre Royal...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 08/2011

HANDEL Samson. Rodelinda

Two recordings of Handel operas from early 1959, both starring the young Joan Sutherland and both captured just weeks before...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 08/2011

SCHMITT Psaume 47. La Tragédie de Salomé. Le Palais hanté

Another month, another recording of Florent Schmitt’s La tragédie de Salomé. Anybody who already has the recent ATMA release by...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 09/2011

RÓZSA Orchestral Works Volume 2

Miklós Rózsa, born in Budapest, was one of the most gifted of all the composers who moved from his homeland...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 09/2011

RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4

Trpceski, Petrenko and the RLPO here join forces for the eagerly awaited follow-up to their Avie recording of Rachmaninov’s Second...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 09/2011

MARTINŮ; HINDEMITH; HONEGGER Cello Concertos

The most popular modern cello concertos tend to be lyric-dramatic, works that appear to tell a story, such as Elgar’s,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2011

FAURÉ The Complete Barcarolles

If I was to find an apt description of Fauré’s art – its craft and complexity – it would be...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2011

CHOPIN; SCRIABIN Piano Works

This enterprising recital by Albert Tiu juxtaposes works by Chopin and Scriabin suggesting a mix of parallels and departures. Chopin’s...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2011

JS BACH Goldberg Variations

In many cases, only a few seconds’ difference distinguish the timings of the variations on these two sets of Bach’s...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 09/2011

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