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SPONTINI La Vestale (Rousset)

Following Olimpie (7/19), this is Bru Zane’s second recording of an opera by Spontini. La Vestale reached the stage of...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2023

PUCCINI Tosca (Chailly. Viotti)

Two Toscas, two very different shows – and two valuable records of projects giving Puccini a spring clean. In Milan,...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 07/2023

MERCADANTE Il proscritto (Rizzi)

Mercadante’s Il proscritto was first performed in Naples, in 1842. Dividing opinion at the time (Mercadante was accused of being...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2023

ENGEL Grete Minde (Skryleva)

Who, you might be forgiven for asking, was Eugen Engel (1875-1943)? As Orfeo’s excellent booklet explains, he was a Berlin-based...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2023

Vidi Speciosam: Sacred Choral Music

You can quibble over the details, but when it comes to adult, mixed-voice choirs – chamber, chapel, church or cathedral...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2023

Splendours of the Gonzaga. Sacred Music from Wert to Monteverdi

This second disc from the relatively new ensemble Biscantores has had a long gestation: recorded in September 2020 as Europe...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2023

Nuit à Venise

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas explains that ‘A Night in Venice’ aims ‘to reimagine a large-scale evening of festivities on the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2023

Mayrig. To Armenian Mothers

Who was Komitas? He was an Armenian priest, composer, choirmaster and ethnomusicologist, born Soghomon Soghomonian (1869-1935), and is widely considered...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2023

Alexander Chance: Drop Not, Mine Eyes

When it comes to countertenor Alexander Chance, son of Michael Chance, the Adam’s apple doesn’t fall far from the tree....

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 07/2023

Così Amor Mi Fa Languire

Restless and exciting in equal measure, these committed performances are convincing from the first dramatic intake of breath as they...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 07/2023

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