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HENZE Das verratene Meer (Young)

The sailor who fell from grace with the sea made pretty shocking reading for this listener as a teenager, prompted...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2022

Handel’s Unsung Heroes

Handel loved to pit the voice against one or more solo instruments, whether in a spirit of competitive sparring or...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2022

FRANCK Hulda (Bollon)

Fabrice Bollon and his Freiburg forces have done much of late to re-examine the lesser-known operatic repertory, with a distinguished...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 01/2022

DVORÁK Rusalka (Bolton)

I first watched Christof Loy’s new production of Rusalka when it was streamed live from the Teatro Real in November...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2022

BARRY Alice's Adventures Under Ground

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has provided inspiration for many composers with varying degrees of success over the years, yet Lewis...

Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 01/2022

Monteverdi & Friends: Vespro da Camera

This all-Venetian ‘chamber vespers’ places three Monteverdi pieces within psalms, motets, sonatas and a canticle by the composer’s collegial circle...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 01/2022

Cecilia Bartoli: Unreleased

'Unreleased’, proclaims the minimalist cover of this Bartoli album from November 2013. Why the wait? In the booklet Bartoli explains...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2022

The Tree

What perfect timing. Just weeks after the announcement that, from 2022, girls and women will be included alongside boys and...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2022

Messes anonymes

Anonymous Renaissance Mass cycles rarely make it into the catalogue, not even those that have helped form our understanding of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 01/2022

Alla Napoletana

In 17th-century Naples, the delineation between church, palace and street music was deliciously and dangerously porous. This mix of sacred...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: 01/2022

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