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HOLLAND Guitar Works and Arrangements (Christopher Mallett)

The name Justin Holland may not be familiar to many music lovers but it is cherished by classical guitarists, especially...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 05/2023

JS BACH 'Clavichord' (András Schiff)

The booklet note to Schiff’s latest early keyboard venture with ECM offers factual and circumstantial arguments for Bach having a...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2023

Cyrille Dubois: So Romantique!

Light lyric tenor Cyrille Dubois is fast becoming the poster boy for Palazzetto Bru Zane, the Venetian cultural institution dedicated...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2023

Arias of Love & Sorrow (Gevorg Hakobyan)

Gevorg Hakobyan is a name new to me but, as this album suggests, he is clearly a fine singer: a...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 04/2023

Verdi Choruses (Teatro alla Scala)

In 1994, when Riccardo Muti was inducted into the Cavalieri di Verdi by Parma’s prestigious Club dei 27, he noted...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2023

TAFRESHIPOUR The Doll Behind the Curtain

The Doll Behind the Curtain, a two act, 70-minute chamber opera by Danish-Iranian composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour, was first seen...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 04/2023

BOLOGNE SAINT-GEORGES L’amant Anonyme

The life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is the stuff of which films are made. Born in 1745, his...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 04/2023

MASCAGNI L'amico Fritz (Frizza)

This will come as a novelty to many people. Friend Fritz has been successfully revived in London by Opera Holland...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 04/2023

LORTZING Der Waffenschmied (The Armorer of Worms)

Pity Albert Lortzing. Sacked from his theatre post in Leipzig, he re-established himself in Vienna only to be forced out...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2023

A Watchful Gaze

Hot on the heels of The Sixteen’s acclaimed recording with Fretwork of the Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (11/22) comes a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 04/2023

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