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HANDEL Semele (Walls)

How do you recreate the shock of Handel’s Semele – the musical drama that sent a scandalous frisson through London...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2023

AUBER Le philtre (Acocella)

You won’t get far into the plot of Auber’s 1831 ‘petit opéra’ Le philtre without a faint sensation of déjà...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2023

Voyage intime

'Voyage intime’ marks the start of a new recording partnership between Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch, already much admired together...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2023

Eros & Subtilitas: Capricci, Madrigali e Danze in Dialogo

Spanish early music ensemble Tasto Solo made ripples with their first three recordings – a diverse triptych starting with 15th-century...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2023

A Day with Suzanne. A Tribute to Leonard Cohen

It had never occurred to me before to draw a Venn diagram showing the intersecting circles of lovers of the...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 03/2023

Kitty Whately: Befreit - A Soul Surrendered

This album might borrow its title from one of Richard Strauss’s best-known songs and culminate in a moving performance of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2023

Tim Mead: Sacroprofano

Hard on the heels of Le Poème Harmonique’s programme of Vivaldi and others (Alpha, 11/22) comes this all Vivaldi album...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 03/2023

Matthias Goerne: Schubert Revisited

As Schubert’s posthumous fame grew, his most popular songs – which usually meant those published in his lifetime – received...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2023

RACHMANINOV All-Night Vigil (Fox. O'Leary)

Recordings of Rachmaninov’s Vigil service (‘Vespers’) used to be rare jewels in the choral universe, the domain, with some honourable...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2023

MOZART Coronation Mass (Arman)

The most recent foray into Mozart’s Salzburg church music pairs his most popular Mass from the period with the first...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2023

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