Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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VIVALDI Orlando Furioso, RV728
In autumn 1713 Vivaldi took over management of opera at Venice’s Teatro S Angelo and put on a production of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2013
TELEMANN Flavius Bertaridus, König der Longobarden
Most of Telemann’s operas for Hamburg’s Gänsemarkt theatre are lost. One of the few exceptions is Flavius Bertaridus (1729), which...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2013
HANDEL Giulio Cesare in Egitto
The vast discography of Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724) is a proverbial mixed bag. The Bavarian State Opera’s 1994 production...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2013
DAUVERGNE Hercule mourant. La Venitienne
This year is the tercentenary of Antoine Dauvergne (1713-97). From 1744 Rameau’s pupil rose through the ranks of the Académie...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2013
CHERUBINI Médée
Cherubini’s masterpiece, performed in French and without the sprawling 1855 recitatives by Franz Lachner that have stymied modern performances for...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2013
BRITTEN Billy Budd
This is getting confusing: the Glyndebourne Festival DVD of Billy Budd (9/11) is now followed by a CD of the...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 03/2013
BELLINI I Puritani
I Puritani was Bellini’s last opera, commissioned by the Théâtre Italien in Paris and performed with a star cast –...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2013
ADAMS Nixon in China
Beware of hyperbole. Words such as ‘masterpiece’ are freely tossed about in the commentary surrounding the Metropolitan Opera debut of...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2013
Arias for Marietta Marcolini
‘Arias for Marietta Marcolini: Rossini’s first muse’, runs the rubric. In his delightful, romanticising Rossini biography, Stendhal even maintained that...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2013
Nouveau Monde
With Christopher Columbus (yes, him from 1492) joining Harnoncourt, William Christie and Savall on the dedicatees’ list, Petibon’s new release...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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