Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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Isabel Bayrakdarian: The Other Cleopatra
Isabel Bayrakdarian’s superb recital with Tafelmusik (CBC, 7/05) presented key moments for the famous Egyptian Cleopatra by Handel, Mattheson, Hasse...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 07/2020
WEBER Der Freischütz (Netopil)
With Janowski’s new recording of this opera (Pentatone, 2/20) and the Vienna Euryanthe on both CD and DVD (Capriccio, 11/19;...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2020
VERDI Otello (Pappano)
Two years after the DVD/Blu-ray release of Jonas Kaufmann’s first Otello in the theatre (A/18), here is a full studio...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2020
VERDI Nabucco (Ciampa)
The Verdi Festival in Parma produced an austere and compelling production of Il trovatore in 2018 (in the rare French...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 07/2020
SULLIVAN Haddon Hall FORD Mr Jericho (Andrews)
Dutton is spoiling us. Not content to give us the first fully professional recording of Sullivan and Grundy’s ‘original light...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2020
RESPIGHI La bella dormente nel bosco (Renzetti)
Respighi’s Sleeping Beauty began life in 1922 as a small-scale piece, commissioned by the puppeteer Vittorio Podresca for performance at...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2020
LEMOYNE Phèdre (Vashegyi)
The choice of French operas in the Palazzetto Bru Zane’s ‘Book+CD Series’ is wonderfully unpredictable. After Offenbach’s Maître Péronilla, praised...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2020
GASSMANN Opera Arias (Ania Vegry)
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992) lists 21 operas by Florian Leopold Gassmann but most readers would be hard-pressed...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2020
Anna Prohaska: Paradise Lost
As one might expect from its Miltonic title, Anna Prohaska and Julius Drake’s ‘Paradise Lost’ takes the Biblical narrative of...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2020
Véronique Gens: Nuits
A co-production between Alpha and Palazzetto Bru Zane, Véronique Gens’s ‘Nuits’ is basically a recital of mélodies for soprano and...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2020
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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