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SOWERBY The Paul Whiteman commissions & other early works

Cedille’s newest Leo Sowerby collection features first recordings of the two symphonic jazz works Paul Whiteman commissioned in the mid-1920s...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW21

B FIELD Vocal Music

I was quite taken with Brian Field’s concise, rhythmic First String Quartet two years ago (11/19; he completed an even...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW21

BALDINI; LIGETI; LUTOSŁAWSKI; VARÈSE Orchestral Works (Live)

Having proved himself an engaging Mozartian with his previous release (a collection of arias and overtures with Elizabeth Watts and...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: AW21

Lea Desandre: Amazone

This is a stonkingly good album. It makes me wonder: what exactly are these enviously intelligent, inventive and generous musicians...

Reviewed by Mark Seow in issue: AW21

SAMARAS Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (Fidetzis)

Spyridon Samaras (1861-1917) is a hugely important figure in the history of Greek music. He was born in Corfu, and...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: AW21

Mathias Vidal: Rameau Triomphant

Never one to miss a sideswipe at French opera, Jean‑Jacques Rousseau pronounced the haute-contre voice ‘always sour and rarely in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21

OFFENBACH Barbe-bleue (Spotti)

Move over, Bartók! Offenbach’s Barbe-bleue retells the Bluebeard legend over three farcical acts. True, there are only six wives involved...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW21

MOZART La finta Giardiniera (Fasolis)

‘The Pretended Gardener’ was premiered in Munich on January 13, 1775, a fortnight before Mozart’s 19th birthday. After three performances,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW21

KORNGOLD Die tote Stadt (Petrenko)

As Simon Stone’s production of Die tote Stadt opens, Brigitta and Frank are peering through the windows of Paul’s house...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW21

HAYDN L'isola disabitata

Like so many of Haydn’s operas, the relatively brief ‘azione teatrale’ L’isola disabitata is a not an easy work to...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW21

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