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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Opera Arias: Gluck, Haydn, Mozart
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who was so impressive in Vivaldi’s Orlando furioso (6/12), here tackles an unhackneyed array of arias from the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2013
Romantique
Donizetti’s La favorite is better known as La favorita; but, like The Sicilian Vespers and Don Carlos, it’s a French...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2013
Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
It seems Joyce DiDonato possesses a sense of humour. Following on from a cross-dressing album entitled ‘Diva/Divo’ (4/11), now we...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2013
WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen
Ever since Eduard Hanslick’s complaints of too much talk of steam and dragons (at Das Rheingold’s Munich premiere in September...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013
Villazon sings Verdi
It was good to see and hear this tenor back in action at the end of 2012 with this not-so-everyday...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 01/2013
TCHAIKOVSKY Iolanta STRAVINSKY Perséphone
With Gerard Mortier at the helm, the Teatro Real de Madrid is going from strength to strength. Iolanta, a one-act...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 01/2013
R STRAUSS 3 Hymns. Opera arias
Ten years ago Soile Isokoski won the Editor’s Choice Gramophone Award for Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder (4/02) and this follow-up...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2013
STRAUSS Arabella
Arabella’s premiere in 1933 in Dresden marked a return to fortune for Strauss and Hofmannsthal after the mixed receptions of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2013
PUCCINI Tosca
Hot on the heels of Il trittico from Opus Arte comes another Puccini DVD from the Royal Opera, this time...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 01/2013
PUCCINI Suor Angelica
Separate recordings of Suor Angelica outside the trilogy of Il trittico are few and far between. Generally regarded as the...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman 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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