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GLUCK Alceste (Manacorda)

Of the operas by Gluck that one is likely to encounter in the theatre, Alceste is surely almost the greatest,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2021

DODGSON Margaret Catchpole - Two Worlds Apart

Stephen Dodgson’s reputation may lie primarily with his chamber and instrumental music but his diverse output included three chamber operas....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 05/2021

CAVALLI Ercole Amante (Pichon)

Cardinal Mazarin planned lavish festivities for Louis XIV’s marriage to his double first cousin Maria Theresa of Spain, so the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2021

ALFANO Risurrezione (Lanzillotta)

Maybe the work’s title has proved off-putting to the West’s determinedly worldly demeanour but Alfano’s opera (premiered in 1904 with...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2021

Visions of Childhood

Conductor Kenneth Woods is perhaps best known, on disc at least, for his championing of under-represented corners of the repertoire:...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021

The Sweetest Songs: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks III

It’s difficult to believe that the first work you hear on this album has never been recorded before. For sure...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 05/2021

Sonya Yoncheva: Rebirth

Today Sonya Yoncheva’s performance diary is a cluster of Violettas, Normas and Desdemonas. A role debut as Aida is scheduled...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2021

Music for the King of Scots

This latest release from The Binchois Consort represents early ‘musicking’ at its finest. The programme is built around music from...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 05/2021

STANFORD Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense

Here’s yet another valuable instalment in Somm’s exploration of Charles Villiers Stanford. The Three Songs of Robert Bridges (1891) are...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2021

SCHUBERT Winterreise (Joyce DiDonato)

Few singers these days have either the force of personality or the box-office draw to be able to present Winterreise...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021

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