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BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1-3 BARRY Piano Concerto

In a recent Gramophone interview (5/20), Thomas Adès conjured the image of Gerald Barry ‘prowling around rehearsals with a metronome...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 07/2020

JS BACH Harpsichord Concertos (Francesco Corti)

This is not announced as Vol 1 of a cycle, but Francesco Corti’s booklet note reveals that it is when...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2020

The Cleveland Orchestra: A New Century

When Franz Welser-Möst’s contract next comes up for renewal in 2027, he will be the longest-serving music director in the...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 07/2020

Marina Rebeka: Elle

Marina Rebeka turns to French arias for her latest recital, an engaging, if at times uneven disc, in which both...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2020

WOLF-FERRARI Die vier Grobiane (Schirmer)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, the son of a glamorous Venetian mother and a Bavarian artist father, produced several estimable hits during his...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2020

WEBER Euryanthe (Trinks)

This is the visual side of the CD release I reviewed last November (Capriccio). The control, order and purpose of...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020

WAGNER Die Walküre (Pappano)

The history of performances of Wagner’s Ring cycle at London’s Covent Garden Opera House has been an enigmatic one. Artistic...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2020

PURCELL The Fairy Queen (McCreesh)

The dramatic function of Purcell’s music within Thomas Betterton’s extravagant adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not as tenuous...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 06/2020

OFFENBACH Les contes d’Hoffmann (Rizzi)

Hoffmann is a contemporary artist with stubble and a man-bun. A photographer, perhaps – screen prints and collages of his...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2020

MORLACCHI Tebaldo e Isolina (Fogliani)

Francesco Morlacchi doesn’t exactly stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his contemporary, Gioachino Rossini. Both composed a Barbiere di Siviglia – Morlaccchi’s actually...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2020

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