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Ludovic Tézier: Verdi

Ludovic Tézier has arguably been the leading Verdi baritone on the global stage for the best part of a decade...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021

STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos (Thielemann)

When I surveyed available recordings for a Collection on Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Ariadne auf Naxos (2/14), it was a live...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021

ROSSI L'Orfeo (Sartori)

When the nepotistic Barberini fell from grace after the death in 1644 of Pope Urban VIII, the deceased pontiff’s nephews...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2021

HANDEL; MOZART Arias and Overtures (Mari Eriksmoen)

This is a fine disc, so let’s get the negative, non-musical criticisms out of the way. From time to time...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2021

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

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