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Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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CREAN The Priestess of Morphine
What makes an opera an opera? Rosśa Crean styles The Priestess of Morphine: A Forensic Study of Marie-Madeleine in the...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2021
RAMEAU Les Indes Galandes (Tournet)
Les Indes galantes – ‘The amorous Indies’ – was first staged at the Paris Opéra in 1735. Whether called an...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 06/2021
MOZART Così fan tutte (Mallwitz)
It’s something of a miracle that this production of Così fan tutte took place at all … but then, it...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2021
MASCAGNI Iris (Krieger)
Even for an era of technicoloured orchestration, the opening of Mascagni’s Iris (1898) is a knockout. It’s night, and a...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2021
HEISE Drot og marsk
Denmark is awash with homegrown 19th-century operas right now. Just as August Enna’s Kleopatra was being revived at Copenhagen’s old...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 06/2021
William Towers: Handelian Pyrotechnics
Some sort of theme, concept or imaginative angle often yields the most rewarding outcomes for Handel aria recitals. William Towers...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2021
DONIZETTI Lucrezia Borgia (Frizza)
Filmed at the 2019 Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, this new Lucrezia Borgia is a compelling if uneven affair, handsomely conducted...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2021
BENDA Medea (Bosch)
Two generations before Beethoven set speech against music to such telling effect in the dungeon scenes of Egmont and Fidelio,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2021
BARTÓK Bluebeard's Castle (Mälkki)
Out of the darkness, a voice (Géza Szilvay), a whispered invitation to enter the darkest recesses of Duke Bluebeard’s mind....
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2021
The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland
The life of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci reads like a fictional bodice-ripper. Affairs, assignations, imprisonment and scandal followed the celebrated Italian...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 06/2021
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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