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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

SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (Andrè Schuen)

The freshness of youth is an essential asset in Schubert’s mill cycle. Andrè Schuen’s handsome, ductile baritone has it in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2021

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater (Ensemble Resonanz. Château de Versailles Spectacles)

We know little about the genesis of Pergolesi’s Stabat mater other than that it was composed in 1736, during his...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2021

MONTEVERDI 'Il Delirio Della Passione' (Anna Lucia Richter)

For committed Monteverdians, there are no surprises in this selection. Stylistically wide-ranging in its choices, it explores the ground of...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 05/2021

MONTEVERDI Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali (Alessandrini)

'Prima le parole, dopo la musica’ – we all know the score when it comes to Monteverdi. But, as Rinaldo...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2021

BRUCKNER; M HAYDN Motets

Of particular interest here are the motets by Michael Haydn, recordings of which remain comparatively scarce. The earliest of the...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2021

Sandrine Piau: Clair-Obscur

On paper this new album from French soprano Sandrine Piau looks enticing enough. Listening to it, though, one realises quite...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2021

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