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Sabine Devieilhe: Bach. Handel

On the surface there is no recognisable thread that logically ties together the contents of this mouth-watering recital, although the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2021

Ieva Jokubaviciute: Northscapes

Ieva Jokubaviciute’s first album was a tribute to Alban Berg. Here, she focuses on the Nordic and Baltic states, with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

Reginald L Mobley: American Originals

San Francisco-based Agave’s third album with countertenor Reginald L Mobley pays tribute to Florence Price with eight tracks, none more...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 11/2021

J HALL Songs 'Bold Beauty' (Molly Fillmore)

The title of this album of songs by Juliana Hall refers to a poetry set that became Cameos, one of...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 11/2021

DEMSKE Journey for One (after Schubert's Winterreise)

The unwary might assume that Hilary Demske’s latest album is a transcription or reworking of Schubert’s great song-cycle, omitting the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2021

RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye BARTÓK from 44 Duos for Violin (High Low Duo)

When played on two electric guitars, the Mother Goose suite sounds less like Ravel transcribed than an Ennio Morricone score...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2021

Véronique Gens: Passion

A couple of years ago, Alpha issued ‘L’opéra des opéras’ (4/19), a new pasticcio made up of airs and other...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 11/2021

Anna Netrebko: Amata dalle tenebre

Anna Netrebko’s new recital is about love and emotional darkness, heroines in extremis and confrontations with mortality, which takes her...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 11/2021

George Gagnidze: Opera Arias

Audiences in the UK will have had limited opportunities to see George Gagnidze perform. There was a minor role in...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2021

J STRAUSS II Waldmeister (Salvi)

It’s always nice to put an operetta to an overture. Johann Strauss’s Waldmeister (1895) was a moderate success in its...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2021

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