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Ermonela Jaho: Anima Rara

Soprano recital albums are nothing new under the sun, but this one is focused less on the singer and more...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

ZAJC Nikola Šubić Zrinski (Matvejeff)

Under the baton of Rudolf Kempe, the ‘Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday’ recorded the sturdy Kolo (round-dance) from Ero the Joker...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen (Kober)

Unusually for Wagner, the curtain rises on Act 2 of Die Walküre to a quite static stage direction: there stands...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20

PUCCINI Suor Angelica. Gianni Schicchi (Galli)

First, a major gripe. In the October issue I reviewed Il tabarro from the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, part of Denis...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20

MASSENET Don Quichotte (Cohen)

Not unlike Gounod in his opera from Goethe’s Faust, Massenet – towards the end of his career – reduced another...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: AW20

HANDEL Rinaldo (Dantone)

Accademia Bizantina launches its own label with a live recording of a production staged in Como by OperaLombardia. The theatre...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW20

DONIZETTI 'Tudor Queens' (Diana Damrau)

There’s a lot to admire here from Diana Damrau, not least her decision on this Donizetti album to opt for...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW20

MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Gerhild Romberger. Lucile Richardot)

Listening to Iván Fischer’s account of Das Lied von der Erde so soon after nominating Jurowski’s Berlin/Pentatone recording for Recording...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW20

Nuria Rial: Venice's Fragrance

A title that evokes wafting scents on the breezes of La Serenissima, a cover photo of a hazy San Giorgio...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW20

Damien Guillon: Lamento

There are so many riches to be had from 17th-century German and Austrian string-band music and this release mines them...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20

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